Digital Cameras
Digital Cameras - Megapixels - How Many Do I Need?
Digital Cameras Tip! Looking at the grass root level some of the main features
that the users of the underwater digital cameras must necessarily seek are as follows. They are applications for land mode, sea
mode and external flash mode.
It seems for every year that goes by digital camera manufacturers are adding one more Megapixel (Mp) to their cameras. Could
it be true that an existing 7 megapixel camera that's on the market now had an equivalent model of 6 megapixels last year and 5
megapixels the year before that? Next year, will you see the same camera in an 8 megapixel version? Where will we be in another
10 years time?
But do we need the latest 8, 10 or even 12 megapixel camera? Well I have two answers for that question:
Yes, a.) You're a professional photographer and often have to produce very large high quality prints. b.) If you love
to have the latest and most up-to-date gadgets and technology, and are quite happy to spend the extra money to get it, and a
little extra more to store those larger files.
No, because the biggest photo that I'll print will be A4 or 10x8 and a 5 megapixel camera is more than capable of
producing a quality photo at that size.
Let's assume you're not a professional, because if you were you wouldn't need to read this article in the first place. So how
many megapixels should you go for? My short answer would be anything between 4 and 6 megapixels for an amateur who isn't going to
print much larger than A4.
Megapixels and Print Sizes 2Mp - Perhaps you have a camera on your phone. You wouldn't want to get prints larger
than 6x4. 3Mp - Will give you great 6x4 prints and good quality 7x5 prints too. 4Mp - Will give excellent 6x4
prints, great 7x5 prints, good quality 9x6 prints and passable 10x8 or A4 prints. 5Mp - Excellent 7x5 prints, great 9x6
prints, and good quality 10x8 or A4 prints. If your printer is capable of printing edge-to-edge photos then 5Mp will be your
starting point. 6Mp - Excellent 10x8 or A4 prints, quality 15x10 prints and good prints up to A3. 7Mp - 8Mp - You
must be a very keen on photography and looking for the best of kit.
Remember, the more pixels in your picture, the more storage space you'll require and depending on the chip inside the camera
it may take longer to process and save your files. This lag whist the camera is processing and saving the picture can be quite
annoying if you like taking quick snaps. Some budget brands suffer badly from this.
Digital Cameras Tip! There is one final option that you might want to check:
some of the digital cameras also do video. The cameras tape the audio and video of the moment as well, or better, than some of
your larger video cameras, just not as expensively.
To summarise, I recommend you stick with a quality brand and go for somewhere between 4 and 6 megapixels.
Bill Thomson has been a keen armature photographer for more than 20 years and runs the website http://www.DigitalCameraWebGuide.com Find out more on digital cameras at http://www.DigitalCameraWebGuide.com You may freely use this article if you keep the included links.
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