Comments on: Bothering about megapixels?

By: Choosing a camera to start photography | Yashvin, pages of my life

Choosing a camera to start photography | Yashvin, pages of my life — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:53:43 +0000

[...] do not fight over the number of megapixels. I don’t think that most of you will be printing your shots for your family album or even [...]

By: Yadhav

Yadhav — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:04:08 +0000

Just came across this software BTW … Quick and easy to use! http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

By: bhoot

bhoot — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:55:02 +0000

For sensor size, do the math: 1/7 is larger than 1/16. I usually read on dpreview.com

By: bhoot

bhoot — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:53:21 +0000

Agreed with your points Yashvin. Most people would only go for megapixels, just as people go with higher gigahertz for PC’s (another mislead).

Sensor size as some have said is as important as megapixel. Make sure you research and compare sensor size before buying. It is usually specified in the form of 1/10, 1/16, 1/7 inch. The larger, the better, less noise, and also more expensive! Most if not all DSLR have greater sensors than compact digital cameras. Chinese no-brand super cheap 12Mpx cameras have tiny sensors. They’re still 12Mpx but their of much inferior in quality to may be a compact 5Mpx or a DSLR 3Mpx (figures are nominal here).

The type of sensor used to matter a few years ago. But we don’t here that much these days. I guess most are using the best. I can’t remember whether it was CCD or CMOS… I remember when I first heard about digital cameras, it was 640×480 and that cost Rs 17,000 for a big heavy thing with barely 2MB memory…

I bought a Casio Exilim EX-Z80 8Mpx photos, smooth videos in widescreen 480p (DVD quality) for less than Rs 4,000 from China (eBay). It’s good enough, but not like the 7Mpx Pentax I bought for a friend. Still, it’s satisfactory for me, until I can afford to spend money on one childhood dream… an SLR!

By: Le_Voyageur

Le_Voyageur — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:02:23 +0000

@ Yashvin : 35mm scanned laa .. c met lor cd saa (fr li vinne Digitale ?) .. do you know where kpav fer sa ? i have a Canon EOS 500N and a Canon EOS 300 at home .. want to play with them mais zot servi 35mm so film ..

By: Fmelot photography

Fmelot photography — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:51:40 +0000

Actually, thats, true, nikon has this habit of making less megapixel in their cameras, that why, nikon right now are better cameras at higher iso’s.
this means, when the sensor is equipped with more megapixel, its so full of pixel that it makes the sensor less sensitive to light, thus bringing out more noise. you can find out a lot of stuffs about this on the net. i wont bother write it here…nice article Yash.

By: Yashvin

Yashvin — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:01:17 +0000

@Yadhav : Camera manufactures and shops are here to sell their products
I said it in the post, I rarely use my 12mp mainly because of the size.

By: Mishy

Mishy — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:55:52 +0000

@ Le_Voyageur nopes am using a samsung ultra touch …its kool phone

By: Yadhav

Yadhav — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:50:58 +0000

Informative post! I knew the megapixel story since long. But my digital was always in the 8 MP mode, so I’m know going to reduce it to a more suitable one now. Thanks!

BTW, shops are to be blamed as well! Each time you see an ad, it will tell you that this camera is 10 megapixel and so on! And people will believe it and later bluff that they bought a 10 megapixel camera! LOL.

By: Le_Voyageur

Le_Voyageur — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:31:06 +0000

@ Bhooks : u use Canon or Kodak :S … by the way u could get the whole picture standing near with a wider lense (applicable to DSLR cameras/bridge cameras) … here you have a point .. if you had a 10 mpx camera and you would have to stand at the same 200 m but could crop it and it would be the whole arc and would be larger