Friday, March 18, 2011

Higher resolution graphics do not always mean higher quality graphics!

A higher number of mega pixels on your camera does not guarantee, nor does it mean, a higher or a better quality image. Higher resolution graphics do not always reflect, nor always define, higher quality graphics! In other words, more pixels per inch does not mean better photo quality, but it will definitely mean you will end up with a larger file size. Therefore, high-resolution cameras (Higher megapixels) might produce worse photo quality than lower resolution cameras.




There are other factors that will play a bigger role in producing a better and a higher quality image, such as the optical zoom, Sensor Size, light gathering capability of the lens, actual exposure, as well as the contrast and saturation of colors (A balanced contrast will produce a better and sharper image).
In other words, resolution (Number of pixels per inch) has little to do with sharpness, and has nothing to do with picture quality. Color, contrast, tone, and photographic skill are far more important when it comes to image quality.
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3 comments:

  1. That's how manufacturers trick us into buying new cameras every year or so! By always making cameras and camcorders with higher megapixels than the previous model!

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  2. It's like a mind game they charge you more for more pixels, this makes consumers to believe that they will have to do less work and will still get a better quality image. Because the are ignorant to how technology really functions they spend more money. Products are made to make the consumers more indolent dependent upon the product.

    A perfect example, when you buy a 15.0 mega pixel camera and you take a photo and download it to your computer to print or to edit. You next begin to re-size the image because you want it larger, the larger you make it the more pixels will show and the more will be taken away from the image and it will become blurred. The same effect for if you try to shrink the image, it will loose quality.

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  3. I know when i went to buy a camera for Christmas. I was definitely looking to purchase a camera with the highest megapixels not knowing that it doesn't always mean good quality. I purchased a Kodak cam that was 12mp and my phone has 8mp but when it come to picture quality my phone takes better pics. I agree that more megapixels has nothing to do with quality.

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