TheTtruthAabout Digital Cameras

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:27:38 -0800, Episteme wrote
(in article >):

> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/...ogues-posts-2/

Well, it is not like he discovered the megapixel myth. Others have noticed
it, too. In fact, there is considerable evidence that in the point and
shoots, anyway, the quality *decreases* as the megapixels increase, mostly
because of increased noise, but also because more megapixels magnify the
effects of camera shake.

Pogue is absolutely right. Most people do not get *any* benefit from having
more than 5Mp and most of them actually take worse pictures with more. Thom
Hogan pointed out that even with a DSLR, picture quality degrades for most
people once you get above 8Mp. Most people shoot handheld and do not put the
time or care into getting all the value out of more resolution than that.

Of course, if you do put the time and effort into it, more pixels will reward
you handsomely. But for most people it is just a waste of money.