Thursday, February 5, 2009

Digital Camera - How Many Megapixels do you Really Need?

Probably the most significant feature when choosing a digital camera is the number of megapixels, which determines the quality of your photos. Choose too few for your needs, and your images will suffer. Choose too many, and you might be spending more cash than necessary.

For most people, however, deciding on the elusive perfect number can be tough. Put it this way, the larger your picture, the more megapixels you will need in your camera. But if you are like me and just like to take regular picture, an 8 megapixel camera should be more than enough. If you are planning on making posters or print printing wall size pictures, you really do not need anything more that 7-8 megapixels. I use the Canon A590IS is it is perfect for daily use and well priced.

CANON 8.0 MEGAPIXEL POWERSHOT A590IS - $139.99
http://www.ezelectronixshop.authsafe.com/product_info.php?products_id=26014&osCsid=599fffa693eab35f002d86d5d29602a2

What people really tend to forget is that most of the time they will be taking pictures from a distance. What you really need to focus on is getting a camera that has optical zoom in addition to a digital zoom. This will help you take great pictures from a distance with a quality that you will not get just with a digital zoom. Usually a 4X optical zoom with 3X digital zoom and 8 megapixels is more than enough for daily use.

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