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Old 08-21-2009, 10:31 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Thesifer
After a certain point they aren't that important, but it all depends on size of the photo you want to achieve. And overall picture clarity. Picture taken with a 4mp camera will look pretty shotty if you want it to be a large family photograph above your fireplace.
4 mp will look just fine as an 8x10. The same picture taken with a 12 mp camera will look shotty if the sensor is too small. At that point, the limiting resolution is your signal to noise ratio
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