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Digital camera reselution is indicated as vga or megapixel.How do they differ?

2006-08-23 05:28:32 · 2 answers · asked by elder 1 in Consumer Electronics Cameras

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In the Menus of some cameras, one of the options for "Quality" or "Resolution" is given as VGA. This is a relatively low resolution used for computer screens. The other options are given as resolution in pixel dimensions, primarily for printing.

Only use VGA if you know for sure that you will never want to print the pics, and you will only view them on a computer screen. Most people set their cameras on the highest resolution their camera can create and save them in that form. Then downsize a copy to VGA if they want to view onscreen or send in email.

Good Luck

2006-08-23 17:51:23 · answer #1 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0 0

VGA means having the dimension of 640x480pixel while megapixel is the number that denotes how many pixels total in the picture. for example a 6mp camera would typically be producing a 3000x2000pixel dimension of a digital photograph which means it has 6million pixel total (roughly). a 640xx480pixel dimension would give you 307,200 pixel area. i can no longer imagine any digital camera with such small photo dimension. most probably it is the video capture dimension.

2006-08-23 05:52:10 · answer #2 · answered by portivee 3 · 1 0

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