Knowing which megapixel camera to buy can be intimidating. There are literally hundreds of models of digital cameras out on the market today. How can you know how many megapixels you'll need?
Megapixels: The More the Merrier
For the most part, I would suggest that you get the highest megapixel rated digital camera you can afford. Having said that though, there are some considerations you need to keep in mind before you make your next digital camera purchase.
What are megapixels anyway?
Simply put, megapixels refers to how many millions of pixels make up the images a particular camera takes. The more pixels in the image, the more detail the camera can capture. More detail means better quality and better photos. The higher the megapixels, the larger the photograph that can be produced and still be photo quality.
How many megapixels do you need?
Over the last couple of years as digital cameras have been accepted by the masses and have gone mainstream, the cost of these cameras has gone down considerably. In the past, you had to pay big bucks for anything above 2 megapixels. Today, I wouldn't recommend you buy anything under 4 megapixels if you have any intentions of getting professional prints done from the pictures you take. 4 megapixel cameras allow you to achieve excellent photo quality for any picture size up to 8x10. For most people, this is the largest picture size they would ever get printed.
Is there any downside to lots of megapixels?
High megapixel cameras use up lots of memory. When each picture you take uses lots of memory, it means you fit less pictures on your camera for the same amount of memory. If you have a 3 megapixel camera, you should be able to fit up to 40 pictures on 32mb of RAM. 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.
At the end of the day, the more megapixels your camera can do, the more options you have. I would highly recommend you also purchase the largest storage card you can afford to go along with your camera. That way, you're ready for anything life throws at you.
Joe Duchesne is the President of Gotocompare.com a computer hardware information site that provides easy access to device drivers, user manuals and tech support to a wide range of hardware. Reprint this article freely as long as you keep the keyword rich link found in this resource box pointing back to Gotocompare.com.
Megapixels: The More the Merrier
For the most part, I would suggest that you get the highest megapixel rated digital camera you can afford. Having said that though, there are some considerations you need to keep in mind before you make your next digital camera purchase.
What are megapixels anyway?
Simply put, megapixels refers to how many millions of pixels make up the images a particular camera takes. The more pixels in the image, the more detail the camera can capture. More detail means better quality and better photos. The higher the megapixels, the larger the photograph that can be produced and still be photo quality.
How many megapixels do you need?
Over the last couple of years as digital cameras have been accepted by the masses and have gone mainstream, the cost of these cameras has gone down considerably. In the past, you had to pay big bucks for anything above 2 megapixels. Today, I wouldn't recommend you buy anything under 4 megapixels if you have any intentions of getting professional prints done from the pictures you take. 4 megapixel cameras allow you to achieve excellent photo quality for any picture size up to 8x10. For most people, this is the largest picture size they would ever get printed.
Is there any downside to lots of megapixels?
High megapixel cameras use up lots of memory. When each picture you take uses lots of memory, it means you fit less pictures on your camera for the same amount of memory. If you have a 3 megapixel camera, you should be able to fit up to 40 pictures on 32mb of RAM. 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.
At the end of the day, the more megapixels your camera can do, the more options you have. I would highly recommend you also purchase the largest storage card you can afford to go along with your camera. That way, you're ready for anything life throws at you.
Joe Duchesne is the President of Gotocompare.com a computer hardware information site that provides easy access to device drivers, user manuals and tech support to a wide range of hardware. Reprint this article freely as long as you keep the keyword rich link found in this resource box pointing back to Gotocompare.com.
6 comments:
Rusdi,
Great post.
Though I am using a 14.2 MP camera I don't shoot in RAW and thus I get more pictures per card. Lucky thing my camera comes with an 8 GB produo stick so I can take quite a lot of pictures in Fine mode. With high resolution pics we can always reduce the size according to our need but if the resolution is low we can't improve it. Adjusting to a suitable mode is necessary as not all pictures need to be taken at the highest resolution unless you are going to have it used on magazines where the highest resolution is necessary.
Pak Wi,
With your 14.2MP you really can get better quality on your photo, at lease 1 of your photo (JPEG File) is 6MB in size. i suppose you to resize your photo before uploaded to the blog using MS Photo Manager or Easy Thumbnail or any other converter software.
If you using any editing software ie photoshop, MS Photo Manager etc i advice you to shoot in RAW format. you will get more option when you editing the photo. But im also usually shoot in JPEG format :-) because no time to manage the photo.
JPEG format more suitable for me also. RAW will consume a lot of time.
But nowdays, no outdoor photography in Dubai(kelabu asap dan camera dah start kluar air..hahaha)
Yg tak sabar tunggu OM 200mm and 50mm f1.4.
Soon will have 3 pcs of 50mm (1xOM, 1xR and 1xNikkor)
Crazy about 50mm.
Boleh simpan camera dalam peti besi doh!
salam...
i found an interesting post...iam looking for this guide...need an idea from u guys...my hobby currently to snap pic...to snap nice scene...i like u`re stail of snap pic...what type of suitable camera i should use...currentlly i using cybershoot by sony...iam looking for neew type of sony cybershoot...DSC-H50...is`t worth for me?...
Salam mnizam,
Thanks for visit here.
Im not so familiar with sony camera. but, for me is that camera more then 8MP with lens min focal length 28mm & F < 3.5 & ISO Min 100is already good camera.
i saw a photo in your blog, its nice. & you have TGNA & Husam photo. are you from kelantan?
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