Megapixels are generally bullshit
A great lens on a good camera used by a good or lucky photographer are the cause of good photographs.
Too often, I’ve kept my mouth shut and nodded numbly when a friend waves their new 37.547 gigapizza camera at me. Yeah, the pictures look great, but that’s probably not because of the magic numbers.
I would rather have an old 3 megapixel camera with a great glass lens and a huge old CCD than one of those weenie new cameras with the teeny little lenses. Sorry.
Now, famous David famous Pogue announces the same thing based on getting people to look at the pictures instead of the numbers.
The Truth About Digital Cameras…This post is going to get a lot of people riled up, I know, because in THEORY, you should be able to see a difference. But you can’t.
And I’m hoping this little test can save you some bucks the next time you’re shopping for a camera.