What is a Megapixel anyway?
How much is right for me? Ill explain all that for you in laymans terms so you can get a handle on what camera is right for your needs. What is a Megapixel? A Megapixel is One Million pixels. Have you ever zoomed in on a photo so close that you can see individual blocks of color? If you have, what you are seeing are pixels. String one million of those together and you have a Megapixel. All those blocks create an image. Now that SOUNDS like a lot, but it really isnt. The photos you used to take with an off the shelf 35mm camera are far higher in quality. A one Megapixel camera can create a photo of about a 3×5 photo you get from the One hour photo guy I mean, it can create the same quality of picture. Any higher than that in terms of actual picture size and youll begin to see degradation and pixelization (the blocks). An off the shelf 35mm camera can output an 8×10 photo quite nicely. For you to do that with a digital, youll need a 3 Megapixel or better (see below) Take a look at the ch
