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• More Megapixels Does Not Mean More Quality. While the megapixel war has more or less cooled off, there are still sales people out there who are pushing the "more megapixels is better" line to first time digital camera buyers or digital camera owners who are upgrading from older digital cameras.

• While the number of your megapixel needs will vary based on how you intend to use your camera, with print size a major consideration, any camera of at least 12 megapixels should be suitable for regular use.

• What Does Megapixels Mean? In the simplest terms, the megapixel rating is the total number of pixels that will make up and image captured by a camera sensor . To get the total number of pixels, you simply multiply the number of horizontal pixels by vertical pixels. For instance, a 3008 x 2000 sensor in my Pentax K100 DSLR equates to six megapixels.

If you only enjoy your photos on your computer screen, or uploading to a photo website to share with friends, you really only need a 1 megapixel camera. That is because your computer monitor is usually about 2000x1000 pixels = 2 megapixels! 4k monitors still only have 8 megapixels.

More Megapixels Does Not Mean More Quality. While the megapixel war has more or less cooled off, there are still sales people out there who are pushing the "more megapixels is better" line to first time digital camera buyers or digital camera owners who are upgrading from older digital cameras.

While the number of your megapixel needs will vary based on how you intend to use your camera, with print size a major consideration, any camera of at least 12 megapixels should be suitable for regular use.

What Does Megapixels Mean? In the simplest terms, the megapixel rating is the total number of pixels that will make up and image captured by a camera sensor . To get the total number of pixels, you simply multiply the number of horizontal pixels by vertical pixels. For instance, a 3008 x 2000 sensor in my Pentax K100 DSLR equates to six megapixels.