So you can see the yellow is detail (MP size) and the pink is niose. In picture 4 there are more pink squares (pixels) hence more noise.

So are these (increased MP sizes) simply more detail and bigger print sizes at the sacrifice of noise (and ultimetly quality). I mean can you imagine how noisy these APS-C size sensors would be at 20MP?!

Granted you would have to print at like 2m x 2m to see it, but still it's there in the long run, on sceen...

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