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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
Exactly. It's not the size, it's how you use it!

Seriously, more pixels is not necessarily a good thing. More pixels on the same die size means the pixels are smaller. Which means more susceptible to shot noise and more easily saturated. In other words, you get pictures with more pixels but fuzzier and with with less dynamics. Burnt out bright spots and black shadows. Trust me, I know.
I'm not an expert, but yes, that sounds right. Obviously a *good* 3MP camera with a good (big!) sensor will beat the cr4p out of any smartphone camera.

BUT, Dave999's comment does have a certain truth in it. I bet Keon's 3MP camera (and Peak's 8MP's as well) is pretty much crap.
 

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