20 Questions and Answers for New Photographers Every two weeks,
we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the
history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in
March of 2010. Megapixels, ISO, and Image stabilising are some
of the words just flying around on advertisements for cameras.
But what do they all mean? This article answers questions I most
commonly hear from beginners went they are first starting out
with a Digital SLR, or those interested in upgrading in the near
future. 1. What Are Megapixels? A megapixel is one million
pixels, the more pixels in a picture the more detailed it should
be. So theoretically the more megapixels in a camera, the better
it should be. It is well known that most new photographers
always set out to look for the highest number of megapixels for
their money. But beware; an important feature is also the sensor
size of the camera. For example, a 6 megapixel full frame SLR
would most likely still take better photos than an 8 megapixel
phone which wou