Megapixels Aren't Everything
- Phone camera resolution: 64 megapixels, 2020
- Current camera (Nikon D80 DSLR) resolution: 10.2 megapixels, 2006
- Next camera (Nikon D7000 DSLR) resolution: 16.2 megapixels, 2010
- Highest-res Nikon camera I’ve found (Z7, mirrorless): 45.7 Megapixels, 2018 (ish?)
That’s a hmmm from me. But don’t get me wrong, just because the resolution is higher, does not mean that it’s a better camera. There’s so much that actually goes into a camera that just a single number isn’t telling you. Guess that means that today, we’re taking a deep-dive into camera construction, aren’t we?
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