Comments on: Microsoft Hearts RAW http://digiphoto.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/20/microsoft-hearts-raw/ Digital Photography tips & tricks Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: CJ Morgan http://digiphoto.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/20/microsoft-hearts-raw/#comment-3266 CJ Morgan Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:26:55 +0000 http://digiphoto.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/20/microsoft-hearts-raw/#comment-3266 To the question posed: > I don’t know what kind of pictures even the best > phone can take, but, theoretically, why wouldn’t > it be at least as good as a basic point-and-shooter? As important as the number of megapixels a camera has is the character of its lens -- even if a small camera were 10Mp, if the lens were a small size (a small glass area) then the needed resolution just won't be there. This is also the reason, by the by, why the megapixel race in cameras is now coming to an end. For cameras like Canons and Nikons and such, it's no longer the megapixel sensor size which is becoming the most limiting factor, but rather what the lenses themselves can resolve. As such, don't much count on seeing these cameras go above 20Mp in size, save and expect for reasons of possible marketing hype. CJ To the question posed:
> I don’t know what kind of pictures even the best
> phone can take, but, theoretically, why wouldn’t
> it be at least as good as a basic point-and-shooter?

As important as the number of megapixels a camera has
is the character of its lens — even if a small camera
were 10Mp, if the lens were a small size (a small glass
area) then the needed resolution just won’t be there.

This is also the reason, by the by, why the megapixel
race in cameras is now coming to an end. For cameras
like Canons and Nikons and such, it’s no longer the
megapixel sensor size which is becoming the most
limiting factor, but rather what the lenses themselves
can resolve. As such, don’t much count on seeing
these cameras go above 20Mp in size, save and expect
for reasons of possible marketing hype.

CJ

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