At 06:22 AM 3/15/2006, Marilyn wrote:
Someone was asking me if the number of megapixels a camera has in
some way correlates to a photographer using a larger sheet of film -
in other words (I don't understand that question the way it is
worded, myself) - is using a 16 megapixel digital camera equal in
photographic quality to a photographer using a large format film
camera loaded with sheets of 16X20 film?
I answered "yes," - more megapixels, more information
recorded=better quality. Likewise, more film surface, more
information recorded=better quality. How would some of you have answered?
Digital sensors come in different sizes, which is more analogous to
film size. For a given sensor size, more pixels may add detail but
it will add noise, obscuring detail. A large 6 megapixel sensor
(like in the Canon 10D) will give better images than a smaller 8
megapixel sensor (like many digicams.)
Jeff Spirer
Photos: http://www.spirer.com
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