A 2.0 megapixel camera can make fabulous looking pictures if it has a decent lens and sensor. This one sure as hell doesn't, but faulting it because of its megapixel count is kind of pointless.
As a photographer, that actually makes it look even better to me. Because the first thing that comes to my head when I see a high megapixel number on a small phone camera is "why on earth put a high-res sensor on a camera that has such a small lens?" The answer is, of course, purely for marketing reasons. So I'm glade Apple didn't go down that path.
Justin, you'd be right if it were a small camera carrying an 8-15 MP sensor, but even a small lens can resolve more detail than a 2mp sensor can handle. Upping from 2mp to 3mp or even up to 5mp would help resolve more detail. Granted, having a lens that isn't fixed focus is way more important but the Canon S230 3.2mp camera I had clearly resolves less detail than the same sized SD500 7mp camera I got a few years back. Apples to Apples my friend. Can't compare my SD500 to my 30D, that's for sure. And even that's only 8mp.
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The iPhone's camera is only 2.0 megapixels. Just to make this post make the iPhone look worse.
A 2.0 megapixel camera can make fabulous looking pictures if it has a decent lens and sensor. This one sure as hell doesn't, but faulting it because of its megapixel count is kind of pointless.
As a photographer, that actually makes it look even better to me. Because the first thing that comes to my head when I see a high megapixel number on a small phone camera is "why on earth put a high-res sensor on a camera that has such a small lens?" The answer is, of course, purely for marketing reasons. So I'm glade Apple didn't go down that path.
Justin, you'd be right if it were a small camera carrying an 8-15 MP sensor, but even a small lens can resolve more detail than a 2mp sensor can handle. Upping from 2mp to 3mp or even up to 5mp would help resolve more detail. Granted, having a lens that isn't fixed focus is way more important but the Canon S230 3.2mp camera I had clearly resolves less detail than the same sized SD500 7mp camera I got a few years back. Apples to Apples my friend. Can't compare my SD500 to my 30D, that's for sure. And even that's only 8mp.