Does higher 'mega pixel' means a better camera?
By ddrt1234
@ddrt1234 (45)
Australia
October 24, 2010 9:31pm CST
Yes and no. To view of your photo on a normal computer monitor you need about 2 mega pixels. That is everything above that is useless, unless your computer monitor is at least 50 inches. I don't think many people have such a monitor on their desk. It is false advertising for manufacturing companies to sell their products. The quality of a picture is not to its megapixel alone but the lens (the mechanical imaging). So next time you buy a camera don't look for mega pixel (as they all come with at least 5 mega pixel these days), but the combination of mega pixel(about 3) and the lens. If you need to print poster size (50 inches), it is fine go for a 10mega pixel, but how often would you need poster size print/view.
2 responses
@daiweian06 (1405)
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26 Oct 10
nope. When my sister and i decide to buy a digital camera. What we are searching is the higher megapixel and nice lens. But other cameras has this quality but not clear and not makes you beautiful. What we buy is the 10 mega pixel and 7x zoom and we think that it is much better than the other brands. Were enjoying the camera but still depend on the place.
@ddrt1234 (45)
• Australia
26 Oct 10
I appreciate your point. What i was trying to explain is the technicality and the technology behind my argument. I am not trying to express my opinion, as you can see I have been backing up my argument from technical point of view, and I can go to depth to explain further my point. I am not denying the fact that there are high pixel cameras with improved optic/lens. I do appreciate and i am grateful for the technology to be available to all. It just that people's perception has been hijacked by manufacturing to mislead people.
@kris182_2000 (5444)
• Canada
25 Oct 10
I have a 10 mega pixel camera and have no problem viewing pictures on my laptop, which has a smaller screen.
It really doesn't have anything to do with your monitor size, nor does it have to do with the mega pixels in your camera.
The mega pixels, combined with the amount of zoom in the lens are the most important features of any camera as I've found out over the years.
The quality of the photos when printed is higher when you have a good combination of the 2 of these.
@ddrt1234 (45)
• Australia
25 Oct 10
If you have a camera with 10meg pixel(say about10 million individual dots), you have too much information to be able to be displayed on a 2 megapixel monitor(about 2048x1024= 2milliondots). what happens to the rest of 8 mega pixel data. you loose them, or get adjusted for every extra pixels. it is a bottleneck problem. our eyes are not designed to see the difference. if you can provide a monitor to be able to display 10 million dots (about 50 inches monitor WITH the resolution) that is fine, or if you want to produce it on a poster size print that is fine, otherwise it is just waste of technology.
