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Viewing an image file in K-1, does it display every pixel?

HarisF1
Posted 08/07/2017 - 22:56 Link
Hey guys, simple question here (hopefully).

When I view any file in-camera, does it show every pixel (at the 16x zoom setting) or is the image down-sampled for the screen?

Thank you.
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JAK
Posted 09/07/2017 - 01:03 Link
The specs quote 1,036,800 dots for the LCD screen. Times that by 16 doesn't give you the 36.40 megapixels of the sensor, so surely it has to be down sampled.
John K
MrB
Posted 09/07/2017 - 07:58 Link
Magnification is linear so, at 16x, the rear screen will show a sixteenth of the 7360x4912 pixel image in both length and width = 460x307 = 141220 pixels. The image LCD display has 345600 pixels so the image must be up-sampled, which explains why it looks softer at such high magnification. The 1:1 pixel view (aka 100%) is at a magnification of about 10.2x.

Cheers.
Philip
McGregNi
Posted 09/07/2017 - 08:07 Link
I didnt think it would end up being a simple question! Even though mathematically challenged, Philips analysis makes good sense to me.

I doubt though that there could be much practical point in such viewing on a camera LCD screen , even assuming good light conditions to see it clearly ....?
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Edited by McGregNi: 09/07/2017 - 08:08
Algernon
Posted 09/07/2017 - 08:32 Link
McGregNi wrote:
I didnt think it would end up being a simple question! Even though mathematically challenged, Philips analysis makes good sense to me.

I doubt though that there could be much practical point in such viewing on a camera LCD screen , even assuming good light conditions to see it clearly ....?

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HarisF1
Posted 09/07/2017 - 09:18 Link
Algernon wrote:
McGregNi wrote:
I didnt think it would end up being a simple question! Even though mathematically challenged, Philips analysis makes good sense to me.

I doubt though that there could be much practical point in such viewing on a camera LCD screen , even assuming good light conditions to see it clearly ....?

Pixel peeping in the field is the new dogging!

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I was out in the Peak District yesterday with the K-1 and wanted to see (out in the field) whether there was a perceptible difference when using pixelshift. At the 16x magnification there didn't seem to be too much difference so I wondered whether the complete JPG was being shown on screen.
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Edited by HarisF1: 09/07/2017 - 09:19
pschlute
Posted 09/07/2017 - 09:31 Link
HarisF1 wrote:
At the 16x magnification there didn't seem to be too much difference so I wondered whether the complete JPG was being shown on screen.

When checking your picture for focus accuracy/sharpness immediately after taking it, you should use 100% view, no more. This is 10x on the K1. You can set the zoom control (rear wheel) to default to 10x with one click of the wheel via a custom setting.

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