I just spent a few hours looking through this site: http://wallpaperswide.com some really nice ones there (tho I don't like how they are watermarking them, grr).
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Where are you getting your 5K desktop backgrounds from?
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Personally I like InterfaceLIFT, because it hosts mainly photography-themed wallpapers rather than the graphic design wallpapers found on other sites. Most of the recent contributions are in 5K resolution.
All you need is a $3200 camera. It is nice to see Sony making a comeback in various areas.
No. As a bare minimum you'd need 5120 horizontal pixels. But you don't want the bare minimum because a screen like that will show any quality issue with the photo/wallpaper. But a normal modern camera will be enough. It doesn't need to be a sharpness or pixel monster.
As for the megapixel count the 5K display is 14.7MP.
True. My bad. Still, many of today's cameras are up to the task. Even smartphones. Especiallu in good light.
I guess it depends on your tolerance. 5K displays are like "pixel peeping" all the time. I've downloaded wallpapers taken with high-end cameras of sufficient resolution, but softness in the image was immediately apparent; my guess is that the lens wasn't up to the task. On the other hand, I have shots taken with my old 10 megapixel camera but incredibly sharp lenses, and those images still stand up nicely on the 5K display despite needing to be resized upward. Ideally you'd have both a high-resolution sensor and a nice lens, but if it's a question of lens or sensor, I'd go with lens.
That's true. If you want to use your own photos, you better have very high quality footage.
However, I doubt that anyone intending to use this screen for photo work is using low quality camera gear.
However, I doubt that anyone intending to use this screen for photo work is using low quality camera gear.
http://wallpaperswide.com looks pretty useful.
Apart form the annoying watermarking (I know why they think it's a good idea for the site, but not really for us end users, is it site owners!), it's good as you can select native resolution, and/or multi-screen images you can manually split to work across screens.
e.g. A Mountain Lake @ "Dual UHD" 16:9 - 10240 x 2880 [image split in half, then added for each screen].
http://wallpaperswide.com/panoramic_view_of_a_mountain_lake-wallpapers.html
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(excuse the mess, as my desk space is 'ongoing' shall we say...)
Apart form the annoying watermarking (I know why they think it's a good idea for the site, but not really for us end users, is it site owners!), it's good as you can select native resolution, and/or multi-screen images you can manually split to work across screens.
e.g. A Mountain Lake @ "Dual UHD" 16:9 - 10240 x 2880 [image split in half, then added for each screen].
http://wallpaperswide.com/panoramic_view_of_a_mountain_lake-wallpapers.html
(excuse the mess, as my desk space is 'ongoing' shall we say...)