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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2883516, member: 1892&quot;]Any enlargement not based purely on optics or larger sensors is going to obscure detail, not improve it. If you could add pixels via software and come up with a sharper, more faithful result, you would become the richest person in software development and the megapixel war would end since we&#039;d all be using 2MP cameras.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want more detail or larger images for older eyes (I feel you on this), you either need more optical magnification or more megapixels in the camera. And the latter can force you into better lenses, as it exposes the faults of the lens you&#039;re currently using. The advantage of observing the image on one&#039;s computer monitor can&#039;t be overlooked, either - I can only see half of the coin on my monitor, when showing the image actual size from my camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even an older 10MP image from a camera like mine is still nearly 2500 pixels round, and my high-resolution monitor can only display 1440 pixels vertically. That&#039;s because individual pixels on a digital camera sensor are microscopic, and pixels on a computer monitor are only 100 or so to an inch. Still too small to be grainy in a sharp image, but huge compared to the camera&#039;s sensor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using software to control the camera via mouse and keyboard, I haven&#039;t used a magnifying glass or the camera&#039;s viewfinder for years. The camera is my loupe, and by adapting microscope objectives to it I can achieve magnifications as great as any dedicated microscope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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