digital camera pixels

[steveho]

I,m thinking of buying a digital camera with a picture res. of 3.1m pixels and a 6.0m pixel output.can anyone explain the difference between the two?thanks

[lisaj]

The physical sensor is capable of detecting 3.1 million pixels, however the camera interpolates these to generate 6 million pixels in the images. Interpolation is just making assumptions about what the extra pixels might be like based upon those that we actually know about and as such doesn't add any detail or clarity. I can guarantee from experience that you won't appreciate the fake 6 migapizel output and due to the doubled image size on the memory card you probably won't ever use it in order to be able to take more pictures. WHich particular model are you thinking of?

[gazzawazza]

I recently bought a digital camera with 2.1meg on the reccommendation of a computer expert (who I trust). He showed me a photo which he had taken on his own camera which had 1.3meg which was as clear as day.

The point he was making was that anything over 2m combined with a decent printer and photo quality paper will give clear images. By the way, it wasn't sales pitch on his behalf as he doesn't sell digital cameras and we'd already chosen our printer.

Although this doesn't answer your question it may help you in your decision.

[BadlyHungBoy]

Hi steveo, is it a Fuji camera you're looking at? I have the 6900 Zoom which has those same number of pixels. The result of the interpolation is generally reckoned to be nearer 4.5M than 6. It's recently been superceded (the S602, I think) and if it's as good as the one I've got, I'd recommend it.

[Squirrel]

If it makes it have more pixels, surely all that will do is blur the picture? There doesn't seem to be any advantage to have such a high resolution (approx. 2829 x 2121) and if the camera itself has to do the conversion, that must waste time, too.

[BadlyHungBoy]

Found this link... http://www.fuji.co.uk/fujidc/superccd/ believe me, you can't have too many pixels.