I wanted to buy a camera so that I can take pictures of my son, and I was also interested in buying a new phone. I initially thought of buying a digital camera, as I was interested in taking prints, rather than just sharing/saving the digital copies. I had the impression that phone cameras do not print well. There are a lot of articles and comments on the Internet supporting this stand.
I wanted to analyze and see whether a phone with a good quality camera would fullfil both of my requirements. I rarely print photos, and a 6"x4" photo print would be enough for me.
I wanted to know what is the Mega Pixel value a phone should have to print a decent 6"x4" image.
Short answer: 5 MP would be enough.
I found some blogs/articles mentioning that the camera phone industry has hit a new level when it was able to build 5 MP cameras into phones. This I believe because 5 MP is the practical minimum needed to support some good quality prints. So, settling for anything is less than 5 MP is not advisable if someone is interested in the camera functionality of the phone.
There is an easy way to find out what is the size of a good quality print one can take with his camera phone. Consider the below example.
The standard resolution of a 5 MP camera would be 2560 x 1920 pixels.
Printing at 240 dpi would result in a nice looking photo print, but the industry standard is set as 300 dpi which is practically more than enough. (dpi = dots per inch)
Dividing the resolution of the image by 300 gives the size of the image in inches (when the image is printed in 300 dpi).
So, a picture from 5 MP camera (2560 x 1920 pixels)could produce a neat 8.53"x6.4" photo print.
I wanted to analyze and see whether a phone with a good quality camera would fullfil both of my requirements. I rarely print photos, and a 6"x4" photo print would be enough for me.
I wanted to know what is the Mega Pixel value a phone should have to print a decent 6"x4" image.
Short answer: 5 MP would be enough.
I found some blogs/articles mentioning that the camera phone industry has hit a new level when it was able to build 5 MP cameras into phones. This I believe because 5 MP is the practical minimum needed to support some good quality prints. So, settling for anything is less than 5 MP is not advisable if someone is interested in the camera functionality of the phone.
There is an easy way to find out what is the size of a good quality print one can take with his camera phone. Consider the below example.
The standard resolution of a 5 MP camera would be 2560 x 1920 pixels.
Printing at 240 dpi would result in a nice looking photo print, but the industry standard is set as 300 dpi which is practically more than enough. (dpi = dots per inch)
Dividing the resolution of the image by 300 gives the size of the image in inches (when the image is printed in 300 dpi).
So, a picture from 5 MP camera (2560 x 1920 pixels)could produce a neat 8.53"x6.4" photo print.
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