In a digital camera, do you look for higher megapixles or lower?

Question

im looking for a camera and i dont want a piece of crap.. im looking at the Kodak Easyshare V570 dual lens Digital Camera .
any good reviews?

Answer 1

Pixels are important, but they are not the only thing that matters.

For instance, the V570 has the pixels, but does not review all that well.

See this page: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=kodak_v570%2Ccanon_sd600&show=all and consider the Canon Powershot SD600. It's probably still to your tastes, but it is a better camera.

See these reviews:
V570: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/v570.html
SD600: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/sd600.html

Answer 2

The dual lens in that camera is interesting, but I would probably steer clear of Kodak cameras.

I suggest that you stick to the following brands, in order of preference:

Canon
Panasonic
Olympus
Pentax
Nikon
Sony

And yes, more megapixels is usually better, but once you get past 8 you really aren't improving image quality and you're getting noisier images.

I would suggest that you look at Canon's Powershot A630 that's more or less in the same price category as the V570. It's got better resolution (8 megapixels) and much better image quality.

Take care!

Ignacio

Answer 3

Above 3megapixils and you are into professional photography and poster making capability. As camera's have gotten cheap and I do mean cheap you should go ahead and get as many megapixils as you want and look at other features as the deciding factor. What do you want to do and what is the camera advertised as being able to do. Megapixils should always have been the last factor, but the frantic scrabbling to get the highest megapixils did bring the price down to bottom. Telephoto lens for outdoor pictures would be number one for me.

Answer 4

the easy answer is: the extra, the better. the completed answer is a lot extra complicated. First, it relies upon what you opt for to do with the images you're taking. If this is for putting on the information superhighway (facebook etc) then extra megapixels is a waste, because you may want to reduce the dimensions of the images. in case you opt for the most suitable high quality you'll get, then hig megapixels is major, yet both improtant are such issues as a fantastic lens, a fantastic image sensor, and strong firmware. I advise you placed your self a demanding funds of ways a lot you opt for to spend, and then look on the information superhighway for comments. There are plenty obtainable.

Answer 5

The higher the megapixels the clearer the photo will look.

Answer 6

higher. megapixels refers to the millions of dots square per inch. The higher the megapixel, the crisper the image.

Answer 7

I bought a Canon SD600 - many friends recommended it.

Answer 8

Yeah its a nice camera.

Higher is better, but thats OK.

Answer 9

look for higher but there more expensive

Answer 10

higher is generally better