"Holy Name of Jesus Poodles!" sounds like a shocked expostulation.
I've told my wife she's getting the Canon S3 for Christmas. (Though a NIB S2 would do the job if I could get a deep discount.) The main reason is the 12x zoom & the image stabilization (plus it eats standard SD cards instead of Sony sticks). She's into NASCAR and she wants more reach than 200mm SLR she took with her this year.
As you say, I don't need that many megapixels. Check out dansdata.com for some good commentary on why bigger pixels are better. Quality over quantity.
Megapixels not so important for the screen. Better resolution for the actual graphic, though, would be important to me. Ever see a digital picture blown up?
Actually, I think even a single megapixel image blows up pretty well.
The problem with 6MP vs 4MP is the sensor size typically remains the same. This means each pixel gets smaller. Smaller pixels are less sensitive to light and noisier. Thus although you may have more pixels, the net image quality has gone down. (Which is why I wouldn't mind getting the S2.)
Apparently they had a 1MP sensor on the mars landers which took amazing pictures because it had a very large, high quality sensor.
this new camera has some F'in noisy pixels in low light. That sucks.
Lame logoserver! It doesn't have the Fighting Whities, an intramural basketball team from the University of Northern Colorado!
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