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How far away can you be with a 6MP camera & still get a good clear shot??
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Originally Posted by musincy
Katie, I could be wrong, but I think it has less to do with the MP as it does with the lens and zoom. Clearly, you could crop a picture and have it more clear if you had say a 10MP camera, but if you want to actually zoom in on the subject while you're shooting, the extra MP won't help you.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please
Musincy is right - the issue you're speaking of, Katie, is not resolved by the number of MP your camera has; it has to do with your zoom lens. Your camera has a 3x optical zoom (pay no attention to digital zoom), which isn't very much. Say your camera lens is 30mm when it's not zoomed. 3x zoom will be like a 90 mm lens. However, if you were to get a camera with 10x zoom, it would be like having a 300 mm lens. That's a huge difference.
Probably the easiest way to understand this would be to go to a camera store, and play with the zooms. You'll quickly see the difference.
The megapixels indicate how good the quality of your photo is, and it really comes into play when cropping and enlarging photos you've taken. The higher number of MP you have, the more you can enlarge the photo without losing quality. However, unless you're planning to make poster-sized prints, 6 or 8 MP should be fine.
BTW, several of my friends have this camera, and they love it. They've gotten some awesome shots with it.
I took this Doe out back today...same distance as the bird [bigger subject by far] I used the zoom. Plus & did some cropping....
Last edited by Katie1; 05-30-2008 at 08:46 PM..
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