>>4009913Resolution ONLY matters for printing or professional ad clients, or wildlife where you may heavily crop, and landscape
Think of it this way, a digital camera is only part of technology triangle. You need to consider several items when making a camera purchase, The camera, A computer, and a printer. (In the old days, if you were serious about photography, a darkroom and printing set up would have been the computer and printer equiv)
Most people have a computer that can get them by with phone pics , but if you're serious you need a dedicated rig thats spec'd out to handle lots of big files, because more resolution means giant files sizes and that eats up storage and computer resources fast. 4k and 8k video need top of the line shit to edit.
The resolution sweet spot is 20 to 36Mps, with an emphasis on 24 and 33. Just enough to give you breathing room for cropping and editing, but not so much you have to suck apples dick for an M1
Also, generally speaking, the higher the resolution the worse low light performance will be and if you go cranking the ISO to compensate you lose the gains in resolution, and the higher resolution cameras aren't generally as fast with things like AF and burst rate, unless you're talking flagships.
So the situations where higher resolution shines is stuff like landscapes or studio where the camera is on a tripod and the shutter speed can be longer (instead of raising ISO) to compensate for low light and the final product will be printed or is for advertising
