Re: Need help in calculating digital camera's MP

David J Taylor added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

.. although a "normal" 4:3 aspect ratio camera needs to be 1920
x 1440 pixels to at least match the display resolution
horizontally (i.e. 2.76 Mpix), and it would be helpful to have
some crop margin for those times when your framing isn't perfect
, so say 5-6Mpix.

Leaving the question, are any current cameras less than 5-6Mpix?

David, we've had this discussion ad nauseum, namely is "more mega
pixels better images" or not. You are obviously correct that few
cameras other than toys are less than about 6 MP but that hardly
means they are all created equal.

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Jerry, aka HP

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