kelkat

I thought this was interesting article about the difference in quality of megapixels.

[quote]Dozens of people stopped to take the test; a little crowd gathered. About 95 percent of the volunteers gave up, announcing that there was no possible way to tell the difference, even when mashing their faces right up against the prints. A handful of them attempted guesses—but were wrong. Only one person correctly ranked the prints in megapixel order, although (a) she was a photography professor, and (b) I believe she just got lucky.[/QUOTE]

Pogue’s Posts - Technology - New York Times Blog

arppt01

It is very difficult to find out the difference in megapixels simply by looking at the print. I think we can only guess, so the professor must be lucky.

tater03

Wow, I was always told that the picture quaility was better. Thank you for this information because they sure do differ in price depending on the megapizael.

felice206

I was under the same impression myself - higher the better. I can tell a difference with my cameras...but I'm thinking it's more to do with the maker - they are from 2 different companies than it does with how many megapixels

ninikins

I feel enlightened after this thread!! Always thought that the higher the rate, the better the quality would be better too.

aima123

Here's my own tip in buying digital cameras:First try to look for a durable brand, then you should have to be sure that the camera is in higher mega pixels to have a good picture result. And you should have enough budget for it.

nancy_kelpie

for normal use it doesn't matter very much. But I'm a graphic Designer, and when you want to do fancy things with a photo in photoshop the megapixels does matter!

riskey58

I too always the higher the better. I am really surprised that it does not make a difference. I guess you learn something new everyday. Thank you for the information.

arppt01

Durability and pixel size are the most important features of a digital camera. The higher the pixel size the better you get. If the pixel size is higher then one can expect stunning pictures.

SeeMe

It's true that the higher the megapixels, the better the picture - but it mostly means that the picture will size upward well. For your standard 4X6 picture, I can see why people couldn't tell the difference. It's once you start enlarging that you can see the difference between picture quality.