Better Pictures: The Secret Is the Sensor

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High quality digital photos aren't all about megapixels. In fact, your camera's image sensor is perhaps the biggest influence on picture quality. Learn how image sensors compare between different camera types, and how an image sensor's size can affect the images you capture.

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Learn why your digital camera's image sensor is one of the most important parts of shooting great-looking photos.

Better Pictures: The Secret Is the Sensor

Look at digital camera ads in the newspaper. Browse the camera section in the store. Listen to camera talk by the water cooler. By observing only these sources, you'd think megapixels were the most important -- or even the only -- determining factor in picture quality. But the biggest influence on a digital camera's picture quality is one that many buyers don't even check: the image sensor size. If you want pictures that are vivid, bright, dynamic, and clear, there's no substitute for a big image sensor.

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