Ok, this is the last time I'm going to say it, I promise. Here goes: Dear engadget, you must realize that the megapixel count of digital cameras does not matter. Once we got above about 5, it's all good from here on out. Sticking a ton of pixels on a tiny sensor behind a plastic lens doesn't actually get you anything but more noisy, blurry pixels. Now that's not exactly what you're getting on a DSLR, but the point remains that unless you're shooting National Geographic cover shots that are going to get printed at 600dpi, we don't need more pixels. Strapping a D70 upgrade with a ten megapixel sensor only does two things: Nikon can charge more, and SanDisk will sell more memory cards.
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Elliot @ Jul 20th 2006 2:37PM
Ok, this is the last time I'm going to say it, I promise. Here goes: Dear engadget, you must realize that the megapixel count of digital cameras does not matter. Once we got above about 5, it's all good from here on out. Sticking a ton of pixels on a tiny sensor behind a plastic lens doesn't actually get you anything but more noisy, blurry pixels. Now that's not exactly what you're getting on a DSLR, but the point remains that unless you're shooting National Geographic cover shots that are going to get printed at 600dpi, we don't need more pixels. Strapping a D70 upgrade with a ten megapixel sensor only does two things: Nikon can charge more, and SanDisk will sell more memory cards.