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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Big difference between 6 megapixels and 12?
I used to have a Canon Sd639 6 megapixels that got stolen. I'm now looking into getting a new camera but I really liked my old camera. I feel like I should upgrade but I wonder if there really is a big difference between 6 and 12 megapixels if I'm just taking regular pics for fun?
Re: Big difference between 6 megapixels and 12?
At this point, any new camera you buy will have more than enough megapixels for the average user. You really only need a lot of megapixels if you are a professional photographer or plan on doing crazy enlargements. Also, the higher quality pics are much larger in file size, making a larger memory card necessary.
There's a difference, but it's really not a big one. When it comes to megapixels, think in terms of the size you might want to print your photos at (if at all). Here is a good link for relating megapixels to print size: Design 215.
When you start getting into higher megapixel counts, the lens quality also becomes very important. After a certain point in the increase in megapixels, you might be getting more pixels with no increase in quality due to crappy optics. Just make sure that if you opt for the 12 MP camera, you check out plenty of reviews online.
Another thing to take into account is cropping ability. However, since you're using a point & shoot assuming you wouldn't care as much. When I had my old Nikon D40 (6mp), I was very limited in my wildlife photography, because I couldn't crop in without a severe loss of quality. I upgraded to a Nikon D90 (12mp) and that allows for enlargements, cropping for wildlife photography, etc.
For a lot of point & shoot cameras, however, you're going to be more of a casual user. Increases in megapixels leads to crammed sensors in a lot of point & shoot cameras...this increases the noise you'll see in low light images at high ISOs. Lens quality is a factor for any camera, but higher megapixels impact the sensors...so if the sensor size and in-camera noise reduction isn't increased/bettered along with the megapixel increase, you'll have issues.
I'd say it all depends on how you plan to use the camera...low light/indoors? Any cropping? Enlargements?
Unless you're going to be making huge prints 6 MP is plenty. I have a 6.1 MP camera and just got a print that is 20"x30" and it looks great.
If you're just taking pics for fun, there is no reason to pay extra for 12 MP. The camera people know that people will pay more because they think it's better when it's really not.
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