Thread: Any examples of the pictures or video the N900 takes?
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attila77 is offline attila77
2009-08-28 , 17:59
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#23
Originally Posted by drizek View Post
The more megapixels a camera has, the crappier the individual pixels become.

One of the best SLRs for low light photography is the Nikon D40,because it has only 6mp. Compare the size of the D40 to the size of the n900 to see what a 5 or 6mp camera needs to look like to actually take decent photos.
I know what you're trying to say, but you're saying it in a misleading way. You just said that a D40 with 6 megapixels is better than a D3 that sports 12. Well it isn't. There are numerous parameters taken into account, like CCD size, the readout noise of individual pixels, etc.

The other thing you're somethat wrong about is color reproduction and sharpness. The higher resolution camera means the bayer RGB array is spread out through more pixels, so the 5Mpix cam *CAN* make FAR better (sharper and better colors) 1.3Mpix photo than a 1.3Mpix camera if it's implemented correctly. If it's crap, it's crap, but it's not the pixel COUNT that makes it crap (it's just a part of the equation).
 

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