Week in review: superfast rechargable edition
Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 |
The megapixel arms race may soon be over. Long used by marketers and consumers as the ultimate arbiter of a camera's quality (much like megahertz and gigahertz), megapixels are reaching the end of their life as the primary designation of a digital camera's quality. Manufacturers and consumers will have to focus on other metrics, including low-light performance and dynamic range.
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