Digital Photography Basics

The Basics of Digital Photography

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So first start out by assessing your needs. Once you have done this, you can make a decision that also relates to your budget.

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Basically a pixel is a tiny dot of information why not visit, South African drunken venison captured by your camera's sensor, and every megapixel contains a million pixels. When we talk about a million megapixels, we write this as 1 MP. So 6 MP means six megapixels.

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