And lo On Tue, 04 May 2010 20:52:05 +0100, Fredrik Eriksson  
<fe79}--at--{yahoo}--dot--{com> did spake thusly:

> On Tue, 04 May 2010 21:12:53 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>
>> I realise the lense is important. My mum has an 8 MP camera, and it  
>> takes crap pictures compared to my lowly 3 MP camera. I'm sure it's  
>> because hime has a 45 mm lense and hers has a 4.5 mm lense.
>
> Mostly, it is because the sensor in your camera is much larger than the  
> one in hers. Sensor size matters a lot; pixel density not so much. The  
> focal length of the lens is not in any way a reliable indicator of  
> quality; the lens in her camera is smaller because the tiny sensor does  
> not require a larger lens.

Tooting my horn I did an entire 4 part guide to digital cameras last year.

http://flipc.blogspot.com/2009/03/digital-camera-guide-part-1.html

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com

Post a reply to this message