Unfortunately, this aspect is the one most closely tied to the price of your camera because this aspect is dependant upon the high costs of electronic chips.

If you are one of the lucky few who are only going to be using your camera for Web site imaging, emailing, or other screen-output applications, you can relax; most of these cameras will offer more resolution than you will ever need.

Let there be light (on the subject of resolution) ©Jim Miotke

File size is just another way of estimated the quality of the camera's output; if the camera can capture more information, odds are good that the quality will be better, especially when printed.

However, resolution is not the only factor in image quality. In order to make outstanding images, you need a way to store lots of photos, a good lens, good software or compression algorithms, burst rate, sensitivity options, and battery consumption... among other camera features.

Digital Camera Comparison
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