Forum: Photography


Subject: Questions About Mega Pixels

TallPockets opened this issue on Apr 25, 2005 ยท 9 posts


TallPockets posted Mon, 25 April 2005 at 11:40 AM

3DGuy: Thanks,kindly. I graduated third - in a class of two. Third grade was the hardest eight years of my life. WINK. You're going to have to 'dumb way down' for me. LOL. Ok, let me try it this way. I have a 4MP camera that takes 230dpi pics. My sister has a 4MP camera but it says her pics are taken at 96dpi. Are you telling me that both mine and her cameras will take the same 'quality' shots even though the dpi says much different numbers? My brother has a 5MP camera at 230 dpi but a slightly larger lxw. I know a person who sent me a pic from her digital camera that showed it was taken at 381dpi. If dpi doesn't matter for 'quality', why would someone spend tons more money on a 6MP camera versus a 4 or 3 MP camera? When I've viewed a few pics here from people that I know have a 6MP camera, they look much better than pics I see with only 3 or 4MP. Or are my old eyes deceiving me? LOL.(Remember, I'm not the brightest bulb in the room). Thanks for your patience. T.P.