Executive Summary about Megapixels Digital Camera by James Thoenes

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Are you thinking of buying a new digital camera? How do megapixels and digital camera resolution compare to film camera resolution?

Some of the first digital cameras had resolution of 480 x 640 pixels. The one megapixel digital cameras have a resolution of 1280 by 960. In a digital photographic print, 300 dots per inch is considered the standard for small prints. A 3 megapixel camera will have a resolution of about 2048 x 1536. A 5.3 megapixel camera has a resolution of about 3008 x 1960.

A good six megapixel camera can surpass 35mm quality in detail. A 6.3 megapixel camera has a resolution of about 3088 x 2056.

What about seven and eight megapixel cameras? An eight megapixel camera approaches the quality of the professional medium format camera. Digital cameras with resolutions of 10 to 13 megapixels are well in the quality range of good 120mm professional cameras. There are professional digital camera systems with resolutions of 20,40, and even a hundred megapixels.

Megapixel Cameras: How Many Megapixels Do You Need?

Executive Summary about Megapixels Digital Camera by Joe Duchesne

There are literally hundreds of models of digital cameras out on the market today.

Megapixels: The More the Merrier

What are megapixels anyway?

The more pixels in the image, the more detail the camera can capture.

How many megapixels do you need?

4 megapixel cameras allow you to achieve excellent photo quality for any picture size up to 8×10. High megapixels cameras use up lots of memory. If you have a 6 megapixel camera, for that same 32mb, you’ll only be able to fit 20 pictures. Higher megapixels leads to higher storage card costs. Check out my other guide on Digital Camera Megapixel or Digital Camera Cases