Re: slightly off-topic...or not (re cameras)

[Laura V <laura@lavatop.com>]

Judy Seigel wrote:

> (My jpegs are 1-1/2 
> mgs... which in my innocence I've found enough. I mean if it looks 
> scant, photoshop can always dial in some more, can't it? 
When you upsample, photoshop guesses at what color the added pixels 
should be by using information from surrounding pixels, but the result 
will never be as sharp as your original. Better to shoot using the 
larger size. That said, I think today's mega-megapixel cameras are 
overkill unless you're printing a billboard. My camera has 8 mp and 
that's fine for me. My last camera had 3, and even that has worked fine 
for my gum prints. But I find 1-2 mp a bit small for editing.

Laura