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Actually, in this camera, yes, mexapixels are pretty much the only thing that does matter.

Being a medium-format camera that's aimed towards photographers who get massive prints made (think billboards) and studio photographers (i.e. for magazines), they NEED the extra megapixels. Dynamic range matters, but sensitivity really doesn't--since they're designed for studio shooting, they can control their own lighting. ISO 50/100 are fine when you have a lighting setup that resembles a portable sun.

"Good exposure"--Wat? You mean a metering system? Pros will be using their own light meter, and it's not like they can't manually bracket shots.
"Proper" ISO range--50/100/200 is enough for most pro studio photographers.
"High quality lens"--matters for all cameras, but you're a fool if you don't get a good lens for this body

The megapixels are important for cropping, enlarging, and editing, so yes, in this case, megapixels matter.
It's one of the reasons why medium and large format film/digital formats still exist. Medium format is slightly more than twice the physical size of 35mm and is more suitable for large prints.

Razer gets back to basics with $50 Abyssus gaming mouse

Nov 11th 2009 10:06PM on Engadget

If they added a glowing LED logo, it's not stripped down enough.

Leica X1 photo gallery proves that big shots do come in little packages

Nov 8th 2009 12:00PM on Engadget

Meh, even though the X1 no longer follows Leica's tradition of releasing super-overpriced rebadges of Pannys, I am really not that jealous of this camera. Anything shot with ISO above 400 starts looking grainy as hell...you aren't seriously comparing this to the Digital Elphs SD200, right? If I was going to get a high-quality, small camera, I'd go with a G10/11, or even a DP2. Digital technology isn't worth shelling out tons of dough with the intention of having an heirloom object for your kids.

iRobot creates new business unit for healthcare robotics

Nov 5th 2009 9:32PM on Engadget

"has the potential to make a significant difference in the field of healthcare"
aka "has the potential for robots to attack our healthcare system from the inside when the inevitable robots vs. humans war happens"

Tesla Roadster keeps on rollin', goes 313 miles on single charge

Oct 31st 2009 5:28AM on Engadget

Oh, runs on Moonbeams you say? Must be why Antarctic Santa has to use reindeer for his December deliveries..

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm in the market for a new phone and money isn't a limitation. I'm also not partial to any particular US carrier, but here are some of the features I'd like to have: WiFi, GPS, good coverage in lots of places, push Gmail (a must!), physical keyboard (a must!), a touchscreen, decent battery life and a relatively slim body. And please, nothing that has a fruit logo on it. No offense to the fruit fans, though. Thanks!"

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