MikeM wrote: > I have just read that Pentax have stuck with 6 MP for their K100D. I > crop many of my photos taken with my 7.1 MP camera because I can't > yet get a digital SLR. I was planning to get a Pentax digital camera > and possibly use the tele lens from my Pentax film cameras but I > thought I could crop more heavily with a higher number of MPs. I > assume the photo quality must be good for Pentax to continue using 6 > MP, but I thought cropping would be more limited with the 6 MP than > with more MPs. Why is Pentax staying with the 6?
They aren't staying with 6, they've just introduced a 10 megapixel camera. We're seeing DSLR's stratify into two tiers - 6 megapixels, like te K100D, and 10 megapixels, like the K10D. It's strictly economics: The 6 megapixel cameras are cheaper :) From a consumer standpoint, I suppose one might also observe that the 6 megapixel cameras can get by with smaller, less expensive memory cards and slower/cheaper/older card readers. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
