Comments on: Higher megapixels in digital cameras can be a bad thing http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/03/09/higher-megapixels-in-digital-cameras-can-be-a-bad-thing/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Happyhockum http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/03/09/higher-megapixels-in-digital-cameras-can-be-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-163344 Happyhockum Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:00:11 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/03/09/higher-megapixels-in-digital-cameras-can-be-a-bad-thing/#comment-163344 The lens is everything. If you have a sh*tty lens handling the image coming in then you can only end up with a sh*tty image being recorded. The trouble is that quality lenses cost and being all about high-end optics are never going to come down in price in the same way that '10 megapixels!' etc etc blah blah has done. The lens is everything.

If you have a sh*tty lens handling the image coming in then you can only end up with a sh*tty image being recorded.

The trouble is that quality lenses cost and being all about high-end optics are never going to come down in price in the same way that ’10 megapixels!’ etc etc blah blah has done.

]]> By: Peter http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/03/09/higher-megapixels-in-digital-cameras-can-be-a-bad-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-163221 Peter Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:24:30 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/03/09/higher-megapixels-in-digital-cameras-can-be-a-bad-thing/#comment-163221 I have been saying this for years. I recently picked up a little compact Samsung to complement my DSLR. Yet some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to stick a 14mp sensor into the little thing. The result is a large image size with mediocre image quality. I would have preferred a 7mp sensor of a better quality, but alas the marketing men are getting their own way at the moment. Although it looks like things might be changing. The latest Ricoh for example appears to be "sacrificing" resolution for a greater dynamic range and quality. I have been saying this for years. I recently picked up a little compact Samsung to complement my DSLR. Yet some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to stick a 14mp sensor into the little thing. The result is a large image size with mediocre image quality. I would have preferred a 7mp sensor of a better quality, but alas the marketing men are getting their own way at the moment. Although it looks like things might be changing. The latest Ricoh for example appears to be “sacrificing” resolution for a greater dynamic range and quality.

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