"N.J. Hillary" <josihillary@cox.net> wrote in message news:NXwEa.6521$fh.6050@news2.east.cox.net...
> I have a Sony 2 mega pixel camera that I bought in October 2002.  I am very
> pleased with the features it has and the usage in Asia and Panama recently.
>
> Sony has some cameras in the 3 mega pixel range.  I am of two minds about
> going for a 3 + mega pixel camera.  On one hand I feel I should learn all
> the basics with the one I have which has 2 mega pixels but then I wonder if
> I will be missing some nice pictures only because I don't have a 3 mega
> pixel one.



> Recently I shot a picture of a sun set in an island and I have
> been wondering if a higher pixel would make it even more dramatic.

Yeah, I think it just might!


> Any comments pro and con will be welcome.
>

For me I feel like anything under 3MP is kind of a toy.  I probably
shouldn't share /my/ rationale but 3MP is like the cut-off point
between usable as pro/prosumer and not.  I'll probably change this
thinking to 4MP in the fairly short term.  In the meantime you can
use software interpolation like "S-Spline" to get you from 2MP to 3MP
without a whole lot of difference between the S-Spline output and
what a mid-range-quality 3MP camera (like the Sony) will produce.

I /do/ think the difference between a 4MP camera's output and a 2MP
interpolated to 4MP picture /is/ noticable though.

Look here for a word or two (and the demo download) about S-Spline:

        http://www.rocketdownload.com/Details/Grap/6131.htm