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More info?)
No one has mentioned the Compression rate that some Manufacturer's
choose to use.
This has a huge effect on you're pictures regardless of how many MPixels
your camera is...
Be sure and check this before you buy...
"Tanel Kagan" <tanelkagan@(nospam)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d5quhb$mr3$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> I am looking at buying a point and shoot camera next week and wondering
>> wether to go for a 6 or 7 over a 5 megapixel. Is there a huge difference
>> over the sharpness in photos up to A4 size???
>> My budget is around $500 Australian dollars ideally but willing to go a
>> little more if it would be worthwhile.
>>
>> Currently deciding between the Fuji finepix e550 6mp which can go to 12mp
>> got great reviews and the Canon A95 5mp which also got great reviews.I
> would
>> like to have the ability to add a wide lens. Of these two which would
>> you
>> pick or is there another i should consider. Mainly family and baby
>> shots.
>
> I would say that you won't really see much difference. The quality of the
> photos you take depends more on the quality of the components in the
> camera,
> such as the lens and the optical sensors, rather than the no of pixels.
>
> The number of pixels merely affects how big you can make the photo before
> you begin to see graininess. The more pixels, the bigger you can make the
> photo before the pixels begin to appear blocky.
>
> However, 5MP is more than enough for a sharp clear photo at A4 size. For
> A5
> or smaller (wallet size) you won't see a difference at all.
>
> Also remember that if you intend to mainly store your photos on a hard
> disk,
> or email them, rather than print them onto paper, you are limited by the
> resolution of your monitor. If you are running a 800 x 600 resolution
> then
> anything more that 4.8MP will not show any sharper. Many people these
> days
> run at 1024 x 768 which is almost 8MP so you might see *some* difference
> at
> this resolution, but this is again not too likely.
>
> If you take all your photos at maximum resolution, you will end up with
> very
> big photos. These are awkard to email both in terms of file size and in
> terms of viewing. They will have to be reduced in size to comfortably fit
> within a window, or even at full screen. You will also need a bigger
> memory
> card to store them on the camera until you download.
>
> For friends and family snaps, 5MP is more than enough. You can get a
> decent
> number of photos on a 32MB card, and you won't be worried about the
> quality.
> I would recommend the Canon IXUS range, they are very compact, have all
> the
> functions, short movie capability and use around 5 MP.
>
> I myself use a Fuji S7000 which does in fact go to 6MP or 12MP with
> interpolation (digital "guesswork"). However the camera is a bit bulky
> for
> everyday snapping and I only use it at work. Most of the time the picture
> my wife takes with the Canon are (to the eye) as good as what I can get on
> the Fuji, although for high speed photography work, or greater zoom
> functionality, the Fuji is much better and you have more options in terms
> of
> setting exposure, shutter speed and focus. But for simple "point and
> shoot"
> photography the auto settings of most cameras these days are very good.
>
> Your budget could pick you up a second hand Canon IXUS II which is the
> camera my wife has, and which I highly recommend, or for a bit more you
> might consider the Canon IXUS 200 which is the new model. The Fuji was
> around £300, I don't know what that is in Australian dollars.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Tanel.
>
>
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