Stop the megapixel wars!

More megapixels almost always means worse image quality when it comes to point and shoot cameras, and it’s all in how marketing is driving consumers to buy units with higher megapixel counts (and drastically smaller photosensors). Always look at what the pixel density is on a camera. The smaller the pixel density number (i.e., less dense), the better the image quality you’re going to get.

I’ve always wondered why my 5+ year old 4MP Fujifilm still takes rather decent images.