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why do you need 12.1 mega pixels? Are you blowing pictures up to poster size?
I am only asking becuase that is the only need to have so big of mega pixles.
The mega pixels have a lose rule of thumb to them if you are taking pictures that you are going to print out to be 4x6 (normal size) you need to be at 3mp or higher you divide the last number in the size of the picture by 2 to get the mps you need to get a quality print. So an 8x10 would need to be taken at 5mp and so on. So unless you are making posters the mega pixles have little to do with the picture quality.
the picture quality comes more from the sensor that is in the camera and the quality of the lense the sensor sees the image through.
If you are looking to get better quality photos you need to look into these features of the camera and not so much the mps.
If you took a picture with a 5mp camera and I took one with my 10.1mp camera and we printed off 4x6 prints the quality difference we would see would not be the mps it would be the sensor and lens and a few other things.
Much like if you bought the nikon d40 6.1mp camera and a 12.1mp point and shoot with fair sensors. The Nikon 6.1 would out preform the 12.1mp point and shoot.
Spend your money on a camera with better quality sensors and a good lens if you get something with 8mp it will serve any purpose you have. Plus if you blow up a picture taken with a 12.1mp camera to its full potential size that has below average lens and sensor you will just have a fair to poor quality photo the size of your door.
The only advantage to more megapixles if you are not blowing the pictures up to be real big is that you can crop them more without distorting the image, but once again if the rest of the camera is low quality it will look distorted anyway.
If you are going to go that high on mps then you need to buy a DSLR quality camera and the 10 mp ones like cannon and nikon start at around 700.00 to 800.00 dpending on what lens if any comes with it.
the 1st link shows a 12mp canon that will make use of the 12mps and its price the second link shows a 10.1mp
ADDITION I am not saying a 12mp point and shoot is a bad camera but you are paying for something you are not really going to use and wont preform up to what you are thinking it will. If they did professional photographers wouldnt spend 3k to 10k on cameras if they could get that quality out of a point and shoot. It is just a think that camera companies do to get people to think they are getting something better.
It is much like them advertising the digital zoom on a camera. Digital zoom it worthless. Optical zoom is what is important becuase digital zoom can be accomplished by just cropping the photo after you put it on the computer or when you go to print it at one of those photo kiosk.
why do you need 12.1 mega pixels? Are you blowing pictures up to poster size?
I am only asking becuase that is the only need to have so big of mega pixles.
The mega pixels have a lose rule of thumb to them if you are taking pictures that you are going to print out to be 4x6 (normal size) you need to be at 3mp or higher you divide the last number in the size of the picture by 2 to get the mps you need to get a quality print. So an 8x10 would need to be taken at 5mp and so on. So unless you are making posters the mega pixles have little to do with the picture quality.
the picture quality comes more from the sensor that is in the camera and the quality of the lense the sensor sees the image through.
If you are looking to get better quality photos you need to look into these features of the camera and not so much the mps.
If you took a picture with a 5mp camera and I took one with my 10.1mp camera and we printed off 4x6 prints the quality difference we would see would not be the mps it would be the sensor and lens and a few other things.
Much like if you bought the nikon d40 6.1mp camera and a 12.1mp point and shoot with fair sensors. The Nikon 6.1 would out preform the 12.1mp point and shoot.
Spend your money on a camera with better quality sensors and a good lens if you get something with 8mp it will serve any purpose you have. Plus if you blow up a picture taken with a 12.1mp camera to its full potential size that has below average lens and sensor you will just have a fair to poor quality photo the size of your door.
The only advantage to more megapixles if you are not blowing the pictures up to be real big is that you can crop them more without distorting the image, but once again if the rest of the camera is low quality it will look distorted anyway.
If you are going to go that high on mps then you need to buy a DSLR quality camera and the 10 mp ones like cannon and nikon start at around 700.00 to 800.00 dpending on what lens if any comes with it.
the 1st link shows a 12mp canon that will make use of the 12mps and its price the second link shows a 10.1mp
ADDITION I am not saying a 12mp point and shoot is a bad camera but you are paying for something you are not really going to use and wont preform up to what you are thinking it will. If they did professional photographers wouldnt spend 3k to 10k on cameras if they could get that quality out of a point and shoot. It is just a think that camera companies do to get people to think they are getting something better.
It is much like them advertising the digital zoom on a camera. Digital zoom it worthless. Optical zoom is what is important becuase digital zoom can be accomplished by just cropping the photo after you put it on the computer or when you go to print it at one of those photo kiosk.
What is the use of 10 or 12 Megapixel photo cameras ?
Q. Anyone any idea what the use would be for such a high resolution? Has it many advantages? I am about to buy a new camera and I want to know it it's worthwhile investing in a digital photo camera of 10 or 12 Megapixel.
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For an average user, 10 or 12 MP doesn't make any difference. If you are printing 4x6 or 5x7, you will not see any difference between 4 MP and 40 MP! Mega pixels do not impact colors, contrast and etc. Mega Pixels come to play only when you want to print larger photos. More mega pixels is also good for cropping in photoshop. You you will get better pictures after cropping. For instance, you can select part of a picture, like a person and blow it out and romve everything else from the picture and get a 4x6 or 5x7 print of that person. If you have more mega pixels, you can even blow out the subject more and get a 8x10 or even larger print without loosing any quality!
(Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio)
For an average user, 10 or 12 MP doesn't make any difference. If you are printing 4x6 or 5x7, you will not see any difference between 4 MP and 40 MP! Mega pixels do not impact colors, contrast and etc. Mega Pixels come to play only when you want to print larger photos. More mega pixels is also good for cropping in photoshop. You you will get better pictures after cropping. For instance, you can select part of a picture, like a person and blow it out and romve everything else from the picture and get a 4x6 or 5x7 print of that person. If you have more mega pixels, you can even blow out the subject more and get a 8x10 or even larger print without loosing any quality!
(Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio)
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