What's needed is a simple number to indicate picture quality. Something that would, perhaps, indicate the best camera to use to produce a near-perfect 10x8.
That's what most of us are really interested in, whether or not we actually want to print 10x8s. Of course, I realise that in the real world life is more complicated. But this is the number that pixel-counts are standing-in for. John On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:00:56 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's an unfortunate thing that in marketing hype, bigger numbers > usually win regardless of whether a camera is a better performer or > not. Just like in the megahertz/gigahertz wars in the personal > computer world. > > Buyers should try not to be so driven by marketing hype. > > G > > > > On Aug 30, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Tom C wrote: > >> I agree with you. I would not upgrade from a 6 to 8MP body for the >> 2MP >> alone. If I was buying a first DSLR though, it would factor into my >> decision. > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
