 The Canon EOS Rebel T7i EF-S Camera is an affordable camera with a 24 Megapixel sensor. |
The quality of today’s digital cameras is downright amazing, and the quality of the photos they produce is most impressive. But beyond photo quality, there are many important features to keep in mind when you’re selecting or assessing a camera. In short, they are all great. But the one most important feature of any camera, is the photo quality it provides – and that is indicated by the Megs, or Megapixels, any camera sensor provides.
Over the years, digital photography has provided ever-improving quality with ever-increasing Megs, which has usually increased at 6 Meg increments. Over the years, cameras’ sensor quality has progressed to an industry standard of 24 Megs in most SLR and mirror-less camera models.
The 24 Megapixel designation is associated with a camera’s sensor, which creates images of incredible sharpness, depth, and beauty. A 24 Meg sensor provides high-resolution, high-quality photographs in a variety of lighting conditions that emphasizes fine details and dynamic, rich colors. This level of quality also permits you to enlarge photos you take on screen or in prints without losing sharpness or increasing the level of grain in background colors, within reason.
Be sure to review all of the many exciting features digital camera models have to offer, but remember that the bottom line for taking the best quality, sharp, colorful photos is the size of the sensor, and that 20 to 24 Megs is the standard – today. As for the future, the more megs, the merrier.
Happily, there are many high-quality affordable cameras that provide 20 to 24 Meg quality. Visit some of the top camera company’s websites – Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Lumix, and more – and see what their models have to offer. And enjoy the fruits of camera engineers who have created such impressive cameras for us to use.