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3 mp camera compared to 4&5 mp cameras for image quality
I admit I have recently been looking at some of the new options for U/W cameras some of the 5 mp stuff .. and doing a little dreaming about some of the digital SLRs .BUT $3,500 4,500 for a camera and a housing then dome ports and on and on is a little scary ..But more mp is better .Right??? doesnt seem so well at least with some cameras
So I was looking at some electronic stuff on CR and this is what they had to say about digital cameras .
They recently did a report (Consumer Reports 11/02) and evaluation of the images of digital cameras (its online but you need to pay for it) . They compared 1-5 mp cameras grouping the 1 mps together the 2 mps together and then a large group of 3-5 mp cameras (21 in the 3-5 mp range) together. The article is titled More than Megapixels .Think more resolution is better .our test results will make you think again.
Well I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Olympus 3040 was ranked # 3 ( amongst the top three It was the most inexpensive @ $600, the lightest @14 oz, and had the most powerful flash range of 18 ft and only 3 mp ) for overall picture quality. It was literally edged out by a 5mp (Sony F707 @ $1000 25 oz and 15 foot range) and a 4 mp (Canon G2 @ $800 18 oz and 15 foot range) camera out of 21 cameras with the majority of them being 4 mp cameras (11 of the remaining 18 cameras were 4 mp ) and no .. for some reason they didnt have the 4040 (maybe since you cant get them anymore) or the 5050 in the mix, but given the review of this camera I can only imagine these two would have done better.
I guess Ill hang onto the old dinosaur for awhile as it seems to be keeping up and even exceeding its new higher pixel competition. And all this time I thought I was responsible for the good results I ended up with guess it was the equipment !!! As we are aware they stated that unless prints are going to be very large, the quality, from 5 mp to a 3 mp would be negligible and not worth the cost ..
Just thought you guys/gals might be interested in this as I was amazed that a 3.3 mp was compared to a 5 and a 4 mp camera!!!
I admit I have recently been looking at some of the new options for U/W cameras some of the 5 mp stuff .. and doing a little dreaming about some of the digital SLRs .BUT $3,500 4,500 for a camera and a housing then dome ports and on and on is a little scary ..But more mp is better .Right??? doesnt seem so well at least with some cameras
So I was looking at some electronic stuff on CR and this is what they had to say about digital cameras .
They recently did a report (Consumer Reports 11/02) and evaluation of the images of digital cameras (its online but you need to pay for it) . They compared 1-5 mp cameras grouping the 1 mps together the 2 mps together and then a large group of 3-5 mp cameras (21 in the 3-5 mp range) together. The article is titled More than Megapixels .Think more resolution is better .our test results will make you think again.
Well I was pleasantly surprised to see that the Olympus 3040 was ranked # 3 ( amongst the top three It was the most inexpensive @ $600, the lightest @14 oz, and had the most powerful flash range of 18 ft and only 3 mp ) for overall picture quality. It was literally edged out by a 5mp (Sony F707 @ $1000 25 oz and 15 foot range) and a 4 mp (Canon G2 @ $800 18 oz and 15 foot range) camera out of 21 cameras with the majority of them being 4 mp cameras (11 of the remaining 18 cameras were 4 mp ) and no .. for some reason they didnt have the 4040 (maybe since you cant get them anymore) or the 5050 in the mix, but given the review of this camera I can only imagine these two would have done better.
I guess Ill hang onto the old dinosaur for awhile as it seems to be keeping up and even exceeding its new higher pixel competition. And all this time I thought I was responsible for the good results I ended up with guess it was the equipment !!! As we are aware they stated that unless prints are going to be very large, the quality, from 5 mp to a 3 mp would be negligible and not worth the cost ..
Just thought you guys/gals might be interested in this as I was amazed that a 3.3 mp was compared to a 5 and a 4 mp camera!!!
