There is a great tutorial over at Digital Camera Buying Guide that helps you decide if your digital camera has too many Megapixels for your needs. More Megapixels results in higher costs and larger files, so you might be spending more than you need to. Megapixels is especially important when you need to print your photos, less so if you're only viewing online.
From the tutorial, "Digital camera resolution is measured in Megapixels. One Megapixel is made of one million pixels/dots. The more Megapixels - the higher the resolution the better quality of the photograph. Therefore when buying a digital camera, resolution is one of the most important things you need to take into account. Obviously if you're not going to print your pictures you need not worry about digital camera resolution that much but still you shouldn't go under one Megapixel."
They have a very handy chart that tells you how many Megapixels is enough for each type of print, so head over there and check it out.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
How Many Megapixels Does My Digital Camera Need?
