On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:19 PM, John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> wrote: > Jeffrey Silverman wrote: > >> I always tell people that it isn't the number of pixels, it is the >> optics and processing that are more important. > > I can't think why ! ?How could it possibly be that they don't ALL > matter ? > > Clue - ?I used to have a good 1 megapixel camera with decent optics, three > time optical zoom etc, but if you enlarged the printed output to > 6 by 10 inches, the results looked terrible !
Well certainly there is a lower limit to the required number of pixels. Personally, for most uses, I think that lower limit is actuall only 3MP. And you can't even get a 3MP camera these days. So for all intents and porpoises, the statement that "pixels don't matter" is true these days. -- JDS
