So why does my 6 year old coolpix with a paltry 7 mega pixels absolutely wipe the floor with my brand new canon powershot with 12 megapixels in terms of portrait and close up shorts?
With the coolpix I can zoom right into an image and the detail is amazing, but with the canon the image quickly becomes pixelated with no fine detail.
I noticed when looking at the properties of the shots, the coolpix recorded 300dpi versus the canon's 180.
So does this have any relevance or am I overlooking something? Perhaps its the quality of the lens or perhaps the size of the sensor.
I am just an amateur who likes to take sharp close ups and I'm very disappointed with the power shot and my coolpix died on a fairground ride :(
Added (1). I ALWAYS shoot on the highest quality image setting.
The canon doesn't shoot RAW.
Added (2). Edit @ BK: Just to clarify, I'm comparing images uploaded onto my laptop. Both cameras were set to highest quality image setting - I might be a novice but I don't need to read the manual to know how to do this.
Its OKAY to say you haven't got the knowledge to solve my issue.
См. статью: Dpi versus megapixels and image quality?