Will a 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x zoom have good quality pictures?

Question

I hate how blurry most camera phones are but this is a 2 megapixel Nextel I880 I'm looking at.

Answer 1

It's all in your perspective.
Blurry pics usually are not a result of low megapixels. Low megapixels typically provide less resolution (pics that are pixelated when blown up to larger sizes).
The word on the street is that if you are printing regular 4x6 prints that you won't notice the difference between a 3 megapixel and a 7 megapixel camera. I have to say that I've taken some shots with a 3 megapixel camera and had them printed and they came out nice. I was able to blow them up to 8x10 and they came out OK. They could have been better, but it worked for what I needed.

It really depends on how large you want the finished product to be. If you leave it at the size the camera take 'em - you likely won't notice too much a difference.

Answer 2

Well, I'm sorry to tell you, but it won't. When you zoom, the resulation of the camera becomes lower. This resulation change usually happens automatically. Because of the lower resolution the picture quality is not as good. So the pictures will look a little blurry. The more you zoom the lower the quality will be. No matter how good of a camera you have, zoom means a reduction in quality.

Answer 3

I've made "acceptable" 4 by 6 inch prints with my 640 by 420 pixel camera phone, but wasn't cropping the image. A 2 megapixel unit will probably to do fine for that size print without cropping the image much, but will probably make less-than-nice 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 prints.

Answer 4

No, two megapixels isn't enough. For "okay" pics, a four is bare minimum. Best to go with a six - with an optical zoom.

Answer 5

my dad's got a 2 megapixel one
and if ur looking at serious photography then it's
yuck

Answer 6

I take it that this is a camera only. It must be extremely cheap and even at that, why waste your money?

Answer 7

good quality - yes
enlarge to 8x10 - no
crop pictures - no