Minimum megapixels to have for a digital cam?
 

What would you say is the minimum megapixels to have for a digital camera for good quality?

3 for good print quality

mines 3.5 and its fine. i dont see why you need more unless you are shooting for professional quality.

depends on how big you want the prints to be

nothing lower than 3, but I would want at least 4

3 is ok, unless you make pro photography you need more.

samuel

If you have never had a digital camera before and want to play around to get a feel for them then go for a cheapie with low megapixels.

But if you've already spent time playing with cameras then don't look any lower than a 4 mexapixel camera.

The prices for good cameras in the 4 mp range are so low it's almost wasting your money to buy anything less.

5

3 is def. enough for the most purposes

If you are going to blow up to 8x10 or larger don't go with less than 5.

I would say 5 is a good starting point and there are alot of cheap good quality 5 and 6 megapixels around for $500 and under.

That's a good way to turn yourself off to digital photography. All the low end cameras I've tried had such slow shutters I could never hold them still enough to take a clear picture and when I did manage to brace it for one just one "zoom-in" when looking at the pic went so blocky it looked like magnified newsprint.

3.2 is minimum. Best is 8.0 :)

4.0 is fine for me...