This is of the most common misconceptions floating around today. Mobile manufacturers these days use this as a powerful tool to hoodwink you into thinking it has something to do with camera quality. An image has pixels in two directions; horizontal and vertical They use it because even a tiny linear resolution increase results in a huge total pixel increase, since the total pixel count varies as the total area of the image, which varies as the square of the linear resolution.

In other words, an almost invisible 40% increase in the number of pixels in any one direction results in a doubling of the total number of pixels in the image.

This gimmick is used by salespeople and manufacturers to make you feel as if your current phone camera is inadequate and needs to be replaced even if the new cameras each year are only slightly better.
One needs about a doubling of linear resolution or film size to make an obvious improvement. This is the same as a quadrupling of megapixels.

A simple doubling of megapixels, even if all else remained the same, is very subtle.

The megapixel myth is also prevalent because men always want a single number by which something's goodness can be judged. 

Unfortunately, it's all a myth because the number of megapixels (MP) a camera has has very little to do with how the image looks. Even worse, plenty of lower MP cameras can make better images than poorer cameras with more MP.

REJOICE :praise:

The fact is na if you need to print oh-so-big pictures, you need a camera with a high-megapixel count para hindi magmukhang pixellated yung pictures.. Pero if you just need average-sized pictures, you don't need those 8mp cameraphones.. Image quality is based on the quality of the optics used and not on the number of megapixels ..

The fact is na if you need to print oh-so-big pictures, you need a camera with a high-megapixel count para hindi magmukhang pixellated yung pictures.. Pero if you just need average-sized pictures, you don't need those 8mp cameraphones.. Image quality is based on the quality of the optics used and not on the number of megapixels ..

the truth also is.. the more pixels you have with a camera,the more DETAIL you can get from a picture:thumbsup:.. lalo na sa mga photographers,dapat lahat ng pixels ay buhay,nothing blurred..

Kaya nga.. The general public naman don't need cameras with high megapixels..

the truth also is.. the more pixels you have with a camera,the more DETAIL you can get from a picture:thumbsup:.. lalo na sa mga photographers,dapat lahat ng pixels ay buhay,nothing blurred..

i agree with yiu!!!!

tingnan mo ginagawa mo pintas ka sa mga muslim kaw naman pala ay maka mundo aanhin mo ito pagkamatay mo gaano ka kadalas magdasal kapatid?

Ako ba yun? Everyone is materialistic, even you.. Ikaw ba, paano ka nakakapagpost sa symbianize? By using your computer or your cp.. And, i'm not "namimintas".. I'm just saying in my earlier posts what every sane Christian is thinking. With due respect, sir, i think your taking these things personally.. I'm sorry if i offended you but i'm just saying my opinion.. Peace..

Away na naman!

Ako ba ulit yun?

hidni ikaw yun pearlista...kasi hindi naman ikaw ang nang away! hehehhehe you just pointed something relevant naman sa thread na ito.

re sa MP Myth, add lang po...more MP + lens + quality image processor (image algorith processing) = good qaulity pictures

however this kind of formula is a must for prof photographers. It was so cliche on this days why more MP = qaulity pics..:D

i see. mas malinaw na sakin ngaun kung ano titingnan ko. im planning to buy one kc.

The higher you go, the more fine your picture becomes.

Although minsan tama rin ang threadstarter dahil dependent din sa quality tulad ng phone ko 1mp lang ginagamit ko. Pero camera phone lang kasi.

Kung digicams ang pinaguusapan and you're considering taking pictures for blow-up, maganda talaga mataas na mp.

the truth also is.. the more pixels you have with a camera,the more DETAIL you can get from a picture:..

indi naman po lahat. Nsa pag process den po ng digicam ng images