"Look, Its not how many mega pixels it has." - YES, very true.
"Its the quality of the CCD..." YES, large photosites are what you want. You'll get less noise at higher ISO setting generally.
"...and the shutter speed (ISO) that counts" NO, what you're looking for here is BETTER GLASS. A better lens is worth more than more pixels. Better glass means more light hits the sensor giving you more creative flexibility.
You can stick a 40MP camera in a phone if you want, but if it's looking through a 3mm wide plastic lens... your pics are going to be JUNK.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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"Look, Its not how many mega pixels it has." - YES, very true.
"Its the quality of the CCD..." YES, large photosites are what you want. You'll get less noise at higher ISO setting generally.
"...and the shutter speed (ISO) that counts" NO, what you're looking for here is BETTER GLASS. A better lens is worth more than more pixels. Better glass means more light hits the sensor giving you more creative flexibility.
You can stick a 40MP camera in a phone if you want, but if it's looking through a 3mm wide plastic lens... your pics are going to be JUNK.