Many amateur and professional photographers believe that more pixels are always better. Logically, an 8.2 megapixel digital camera is superior to a 6 megapixel digicam, making it more expensive as well.

What if I tell you this is NOT exactly true? At least for compact cameras. An expert at 6mpixel.org proudly claims that higher pixels do not improve the quality of the pictures. More surprisingly, it concluded that the more pixels the worse the image.

What makes this article very credible is its airtight technical arguments to support this myth-debunking allegation.

Quite a while ago we noticed that the image quality of digital cameras was getting worse instead of better. The reason is that today’s sensors are divided into more and therefore smaller pixels. We want to clarify the consequences on this website. The reason we bring this up is the vicious circle we are in and have to break out of. Most people have heard that a lot of pixels make a good camera hence they buy the cameras with the most pixels. Thus, manufacturers produce cameras with more and more pixels so that they will sell better. But this does not improve the quality of the pictures.

So, what exactly is the best alternative for a compact? Well, it’s very easy to guess considering the name of group – a sensor with 6 million pixels or better the size of pixel with >3µm.