Is it better to have the mega pixels higher or lower in cameras??

Question

Is it better to have the mega pixels higher or lower in cameras??

Answer 1

Trust me, the higher MP the better. The poster above is just spewing c**p. Higher MP cameras have higher quality sensors.

Answer 2

"Higher MP cameras have higher quality sensors"? lol, oh pulease give us a break. It's the actual size of the sensor that provides the image 'quality', as well as the camera's processor.  The larger the sensor, the better the quality. And compact cameras have very small sensors.

If you just want a camera to take snapshots with...and get the occasional print done, then 6-8MP is much more than you will ever need.

Buying a compact camera that has 10 or 12MP for everyday snapshots is extreme overkill and will not provide better image quality (especially in lower light). Due to the resultant higher noise you get with such a small sensor. It will however, allow you to heavily crop your images if you don't get the composition right in the first place. And, it will also allow you to enlarge your images to a huge size (but how many people do you know that ever does that?). No-one.

So, if I were you I wouldn't worry so much about the MP, but more about the quality of the brand of camera you get. Because not all cameras with the same amount of MP will provide the same image quality.

It's obvious that there's a lot of people around that think more MP means better quality...it's a bit like the bigger is better myth...lol

Answer 3

Absolutely higher b-caz it will show you more clear pictures and just like you are seeing the thing which u have taken picture of

Answer 4

More mega pixels is better. The more "MP" the

clearer your photos will appear. The colours will be more vibrant, according to the mega pixels.

I would recommened a camera that has 6MP or more :)

Answer 5

Here is the answer ...

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.h...

Answer 6

More megapixels is better

Answer 7

Contrary to what the camera marketing departments want you to believe, and to what most people do believe as a result, and inherently, to what most answerers said so far - it is better to have lower megapixels in a camera.

Consider this simple analogy:

You want to fill some buckets with rain water. You have a porch of certain size to which you can put out either 5 large and wide buckets, or 12 smaller/narrower ones. How will they fill? Of course, since larger buckets are wider, there will be more water in each individual bucket after the rain is over... than in smaller ones.

How is it related to pixels?

Here's how:

Given the same sensor size (and most point and shoot cameras have similar sensor sizes) if you put more megapixels on the matrix, you will do the same as putting more buckets on your porch. Each individual pixel sensor will be smaller/narrower. So just like the smaller buckets capture less water, they will capture less light...

Now the camera will have to compensate for not capturing enough light, so it may either require a longer exposure (risk of getting blurry images because of camera movements), or the light captured will be amplified, resulting in additional noise.

The noise is basically the pixels not accurately representing your scene, but being off color because camera had to amplify the amount of light that entered each pixel sensor...

So the bottom line is - more pixels = more noise = poorer quality.

Now, if you want to print standard 4x6 photos - 5 megapixels is a plenty. In fact - 2 megapixels is sufficient for that size. With 6 megapixels you can do a decent 8x10 print. So don't run for pixels unless you want to make HUGE enlargements, or to crop really tight when you post-process your images!

Go for a better lens instead! Because lens is what projects an image onto your sensor. And if it projects a poor quality one, no pixel count will help it!

LEM.

P.S. Please allow me to demonstrate an actual result of how marketing brainwashing about megapixels affects the general consumer perception. Look at the post by champers, just below. The gentleman has ignored all the reasonable arguments I made and simply re-stated what to the camera salesman delight what they wanted him to believe. How does he argue in favor of his statement? The camera marketing departments around the world work around the clock to suggest to everyone "more megapixels = higher quality". And people buy it to the point of not being able to even take a counter argument - how dare I, everybody knows that megapixels and only megapixels are the sole indicator of camera quality! Then those consumers go out and spend countless thousands of dollars toward buying the low quality pixels they are never going to need! Often downgrading their 4-5mp cameras to 10-12mp, thinking they've just got a camera that's 3 times better quality, while in fact the quality went down....Thanks champers, for providing such a beautiful example!

Answer 8

Assuming the same size sensor, lower megapixels will have better performance in low light because each pixel will be larger and collect more light.  If you have plenty of light, you might get better pictures with the high megapixels.  

Also, if you can hold your camera perfectly still (like with a tripod) you should get the best picture with higher megapixels, but if you move it a little (like taking a shot while holding the camera in your hands) the motion blurr will be more noticeable with higher megapixels.  

I always recommend getting the camera with the largest sensor you can find and not worry so much about the pixels.

Answer 9

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