[citation][nom]tenor77[/nom]Yes and 1 GB for a HD is unimaginable.Technology will just continue to improve and anyone that says "This is too fast" "That's too many pixels" is just being short sighted.[/citation]
I disagree. This isn't for professionals, its for Average Joe. Average Joe takes pictures at a few events, and possibly uses an image editor to correct some red eye. He prints out a few images from his laser printer.
He doesn't do any complex image editing, he isn't going to be printing posters, and He doesn't need 12 megapixels.
1920x1200 is ~2.3 megapixels, 2560x1600 is ~4.1 megapixels, and you only see those on resolutions on the highest end monitors. Regular people don't even have the capabilities to edit, or properly view 12 megapixel images.
Maybe in the future, when monitors with 3840x2400 are the norm Average Joe will need more than 12 megapixels, but until then, if you want more than 12, you'll have to buy a professional model.
[citation][nom]tenor77[/nom]Think Bladerunner where they expand the picuture. More megapixels I say.[/citation]
That was an analog image. Digital imagery is lossy at this point in time.