[ale] OT: megapixels

[Robert Coggins]

The only reason I can really think of is when you need to crop an area of
the picture then resize the new area.  I would hate to have a beautiful
picture and not be able to print a smaller area of it.

-Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wells" <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: [ale] OT: megapixels


> Sorry to keep spamming the list with camera related stuff.  I promise, my
> inquiries will go away soon.
>
> Is there any practical reason to buy a camera with 3 or more megapixels if
> you are not a professional photographer?  I can't think of any case where
> I'd need an image larger than 1600 x 1200, but I may not be aware of the
> other benefits of the larer megapixel sizes.  Most of my images will be of
> family or scenery (I'm a big sunset photographer).
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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