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    Olympus Calls a Truce in the Megapixel War

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/10/09

    In reply to Olympus Calls a Truce in the Megapixel War
    Now I can horde all of the megapixels. Muahahahahaa!
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    03/10/09

    In reply to Olympus Calls a Truce in the Megapixel War
    "Twelve megapixels is, I think, enough for covering most applications most customers need"


    and 640k ought to be enough memory for anyone, too. :)

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    Image of cuchanu cuchanu
    03/10/09

    @Homerjay loves stars. :): Do you really believe that those two statements (one of which is probably an urban legend) are related?


    Obviously if there is some new radical change in how we view photos that could change, but for the way things are now he's right.

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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    03/10/09

    @cuchanu: A little hypersensitive, aren't you?

    I apologize for offending you, manager of Olympus Imaging's SLR planning department.
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    Image of phisim phisim
    03/10/09

    In reply to Olympus Calls a Truce in the Megapixel War
    You don't need more than 8 megapixels! Most people don't even print photos anymore, and that resolution is perfectly fine for viewing on screen and print.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    03/10/09

    @phisim:

    I agree. I'm not a photographer, but I like to get creative once in a while. I've been rocking a Sony DSC-P150 7MP point-n-shoot for I don't know how many years now. For my purposes it captures great detail, and even though I can't save raw, every JPG that comes off it is still around 3MB, so my few photos take up considerable space.


    I can understand pro photographers using 20MP and higher cameras as I've seen them do, but as an average consumer, I'd probably only go above 7MP if my camera broke and I found a newer higher-res one for a decent price.

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    03/10/09

    @fuchikoma:

    ...though I would love to have things like built-in HDR, extreme low-light shooting, or shutter speeds that don't require me to hold my camera still like a sniper to prevent blur.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    One thing to add: camera (and megapixel nonsense) is dead last when it comes to producing a quality image.


    A $200 point and shoot can easily outperform a $1500+ DSLR.

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    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    The 4mp Canon 1D still takes better pictures than most cameras.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    But without touting "megapixels", what are manufacturers and electronics chains supposed to advertise? Image quality? -- Good luck! Battery life? -- Boring!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/18/09

    @ZLevee: They'll just make advertisements in which black silhouettes dance with their cameras. Then, they'll sell tons.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    02/18/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Well they'll need to plant a infiltrator in the hipster community on the LES of Manhattan to find them some catchy unknown tunes or it'll never work!
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    Totally agree--I'm glad you wrote this article.

    I was trying to decide at one point between the D40(6.1 MP) and the D60 (10.2 MP) Nikon. Every single time I would ask someone on flickr for their opinion they would say get the D60! Extra megapixels! Because of cost, and seeing as paying more for a VR lens in the D60, decided to go with the D40. And 6 MP is COMPLETELY FINE.

    I get the most amazing night shots and the quality is fine. Everyone seems to fall for this "Megapixel Myth" and gets the D60, but when it comes down to it, seeing the night shots of my friends D60, wouldn't trade the D40 in for the D60 even if I could do it for free.


    So--long story short--thanks for writing this article so people realize, like me, you don't need tons and tons of megapixels--save the money.

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    Image of John Nahajski John Nahajski
    02/18/09

    @ilovexspin:

    I was looking at buying the d40 too but after a while looking for only £40 more (£10 when my cash back comes through) i got the Sony a200 with a free 4gig memory stick and a camera bag.


    but both are nice cameras

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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/18/09

    @ilovexspin: I love my D40. I'm not a professional photographer, but I have used it in a professional capacity. It has done everything I needed it to do, and done it well.
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    Image of alexmg2420 alexmg2420
    02/18/09

    @John Nahajski: Yes, but then you're stuck with a Sony Alpha camera. Nothing wrong with the cam itself, but good luck finding a plethora of lenses.

    [/Canon Fanboy]
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    Image of shl0791 shl0791
    02/18/09

    @alexmg2420:


    Actually, you can also put some older Minolta lenses on the Alpha series. I believe they have very fine lenses too. Want even better lenses? You can get Car Zeiss lenses if you have the moolah.

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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    02/19/09

    @Robb Nunya: I currently use a Minolta Dimmage F300 as my camera. If my crc sensor wasn't malfunctioning and putting tiny green spots on my pictures, it would of been a camera that could still hold its own around newer cameras. Besides the defect, it takes awesome pictures, in dark light or day light...


    I believe it has a Minolta GT lens on it...

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    Image of Evan, How Dare you Sir! Evan, How Dare you Sir!
    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    Has somebody has been reading Ken Rockwell :p


    Good article Gizmodo.

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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    02/18/09

    @evangelistc01: Link?
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    Image of iomegaman5 iomegaman5
    02/18/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better
    alas, i will never be able to silence the sound of a thousand friends screaming, "but..but.. i want a phone with a lot of megapixels so i don't have to have a 'big' camera to take nice pictures!"
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    Image of DarthTader DarthTader
    02/18/09

    @iomegaman5: Personally, I just hit them and move on.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/18/09

    @DarthTader: Hit them with your big aluminum-body SLR?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/02/09

    In reply to Rumor: Samsung Announcing First 12MP Cameraphone This Month
    And it's sad because even at 12 MP, the image quality won't even match a good point n' shoot.
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    Image of OMG! Chariot! OMG! Chariot!
    02/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I totally agree! They are focusing on the wrong thing. People have got all hunged up on megapixels when they dont even no what it means.
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    02/02/09

    @Chariot: Now good camera functions do make for a nifty all-in-one device, but so far this spec is just about the same as those cheap Chinatown digital cameras that have no optical zoom, and tout 12 megapixels for only $50. Sure, lots and lots of megapixels, but the image sensor sucks so badly that it might as well have been the 1.3 in an old Ericsson from 2000.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Claims 20MP Photography, HD Video Recording in 2012 Phones
    Any word on Koi in 2012?
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