Is a 6 megapixel digital camera pretty good? Or would you want higher resolution?
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We have a 6 megapixel digital camera, from kodak. It will do most things the average user will need. I print 4x6-5x7and 8x10 pictures right on my printer. You hardly can tell the difference, even if you took them to CVS or Walmarts to get them printed. A 6 megapixel camera is a good camera, and prints very good. The only reason you would need anything bigger, if you wanted to print very large pictures. Good Luck.. Edit: This is a very good program, that I have been using for years, to edit your photo's→ http://www.picasa.google.com/
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its ok for family pics, u want a higher pixel camera if u want to edit the pictures later
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This question was asked about this time last year but 8 megapixel cameras should be really common now and the resolution gives very nice prints.
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The only reason megapixels matter at all is if you are going to crop pictures or blow them up to large sizes. A 6mp camera will make nice looking 8 x 10, and if you like to crop, decent 5 x7 prints.
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6MP should be more than enough for quality happy snaps. If you want a larger print, you'll need a bigger array, but you can always interpolate and stuff with imaging software.
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I use an older 3.1 megapixel camera (Canon G1), and it does just great for everything I need it to do. Unless you are a professional photographer, or are going to make huge posters out of your pictures, 6 megapixels should be fine.
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6 MP is fine unless you will be doing something like very professional portraits or commercial pics.
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I have a 7 megapixel one and it looks like this
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for editing purposes, i'd go with at least ten...it gives you more to work with
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The only reason you would need more megapixels is if you are blowing the pictures up poster size or cropping very small areas of the picture.
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It is more than adequate unless you plan to make prints larger than 8x10. Personally, I have an 8.1 MP camera that I usually kick down to 5 MP to conserve space on my SD card. Since I rarely make prints, most of my stuff remains on the computer and most screens are 2 mega-pixels or less, so I can crop and zoom for the perfect screen-filling image without losing any clarity.
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MPx value alone does not make a camera good. You need to check other properties of it before buying one. If other properties are good 6MPx camera would be a good choice for armature photography.
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Actually, a 6megapixel camera can sometimes take better photos than the higher resolution cameras (if it isn't too old of technology!). The reason is that each of the "photosites" or pixel detectors on the camera can be larger, since there aren't as many of them. This lets the camera be more sensitive in low-light situations and get better pictures without flash. And when you use flash, it can reach farther than a camera that has too many pixels crammed on a small sensor.
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6 IS GOOD, 7 OR 8 IS BETTER, THE CLARITY OF YOU PICS COMES FROM THE SHUTTER SPEED, THE MEGA PIX MEANS YOU CAN BLOW UP THOSE PICS BIG AND THEY WILL STILL BE CLEAR
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A 6 mega pixel is plenty if you have a good optical zoom. Alot of cameras promote digital zooms but all this will do is cause your photo to become very pixelated. make sure you are shooting in the highest resolution and you should be able to do everything you want to do with that camera.
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