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Originally Posted by LoveDSLR
You should get more details from D3x than D3/D700. Similarly, I get more details from my Canon 5D Mk II than my D3.
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Os did a pretty good job of explaining why that's a qualified maybe. The media has coined the term "Megapixel myth". A lot more factors into the quality of an image than the megapixel count, and it's certainly fallacious as a blanket statement to say that you should be able to get more details from a larger sensor without knowing numerous things that will have a very real impact on quality, especially because "more details" doesn't really mean anything that's intrinsically measurable.
Are you getting "more details" because you have less noise reduction? More expensive lenses? CCD over CMOS? Better ability to focus? Sharper focus? Better predictive autofocus? More autofocus points? Sharper glass? Less motion blur? Less camera blur? Faster shutter speed? More effective stabilization? A tighter crop? More zoom? Macro? Better sensor quality?
There's a lot that can give the impression of superior image quality that isn't really about the megapixel count.
Not to mention that how large you print something and have it look good depends on how close you intend to view the print. You can make a billboard from a 1 megapixel image, you just need view it from billboard distances...