The quality of a digital picture is generally measured in pixels. Pixels are
tiny squares that make up the image. The more pixels, the higher quality the
image will be. We won’t go into a lot of detail here, but if you have changed
the graphics settings on a PC, then you have seen the different screen
resolutions that you can use such as 640 x 480 or 1024 x 768 etc. These numbers
represent the width and heigh of the screen in pixels. Digital pictures are
measured in the same way. The amount of mega pixels is determined by multiplying
these 2 numbers together. In the examples below, you can see where the different
quality ranges for digital cameras comes from.
640 x 480 = 307,200 = .3 Mega Pixels
1024 x 768 = 786,432 = .8 Mega Pixels
1280 x 1024 = 1,310,720 = 1.3 Mega Pixels
1600 x 1200 = 1,920,000 = 2 Mega Pixels
Game camera and digital camera manufacturers generally don’t claim to have a .3
Mega Pixel camera , but use 640 x 480 instead. Many consumers don’t know what
that really means and think that they will get a high quality picture. Below is
an example of the size difference in a .3 Mega Pixel picture and a 2 Mega Pixel
picture.
Below each image has been zoomed in on to see more detail. Now you can really
see the real benefit of having 2 Mega Pixels vs. .3 Mega Pixels! Also, with long
range capabilities of the Snapshot Sniper, if you get animals at long range, you
can still zoom in and see much better detail.
To sum it up: more Mega Pixels means higher quality pictures and prints.
