What is MEGAPIXELS

What is MEGAPIXELS?

The bigger the number, the clearer the picture. But why? For the answer, you’ll need to know what a pixel is. You know how a picture sometimes breaks up into little squares when you try to blow it up to a large size? Each of those squares is a pixel. Pixel actually stands for PICture ELement and they’re stacked horizontally and vertically to make up your image. One megapixel equals one million pixels – the more the megapixels, the more densely packed the data in the image, allowing for images that you can make bigger and bigger.

Does this mean your photos will necessarily be sharper?
Unfortunately, no. Sharp images have more to do with steady hands than megapixels. Most casual-use cameras have 5 or 6 megapixels, enough for photo frames, a baby poster, and 300 shots for Facebook. Buy a camera with higher MP and all you’ll be doing is saving larger image files and compromising on space for nothing.