Aha! Excellent explanation. I was afraid it might mean they had some way to make a 2.7 megapixels image LOOK LIKE it came from 3.0 megapixels! Thanks for the clarification.
keith whaley Mark Roberts wrote: > > Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >The wweb site says "3 Megapixels, effective." > >What are 'effective megapixels?' > > There are pixels around the edge of the sensor that aren't in the picture > area. They're used for setting black level reference. "3 Megapixels, > effective" means that it's a 3-point-something megapixel CCD but only three > megapixels are used to form the image. > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com
