Pixel Count

How Big is Too Small?
Ever since digital SLRs came on the scene almost a decade ago manufacturers and photographers have shared two goals — more pixels, and full frame coverage. In the late Spring of 2002 theContax N Digitalwas the first camera to give us full-frame coverage, but its digital capabilities were lacking in a number of areas.
TheCanon 1Dsis therefore really the first camera shipping that addresses professional photographer's need for a full-frame sensor, since Canon is one of the two leading brands serving the pro market. But now the question of pixel count needs to be addressed. The 1Ds has an 11MP sensor. The forthcoming Kodak DCS 14n will have a 14MP sensor. Are these enough? Can we expect to see continued increases in pixel count?
I don't think so, and here's why. Pixel count and sensor size are not interlinked. Consider consumer digicams. These cameras now have 5 megapixel sensors, not far short of the 6 megapixel sensor count that one finds in DSLRs like the C...