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What Is an UltraPixel?

Did you hear about the HTC One's fancy new "UltraPixel Camera"? HTC touts the camera as an end to the "megapixel wars." UltraPixels! Revolution! And, yes, the technology sounds very promising, but, uh, wait a second, what is an UltraPixel anyway? Read More >>

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android
Next-Gen Nexus Phone Cameras to be “Insanely Great” Says Google Man

The spec of your phone's camera looks like being the next tech battleground now everything half decent is running on a monstrous quad-core chipset, with Google joining HTC in banging on about how amazing its next Nexus phone camera's going to be. Read More >>

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Toshiba’s New 20-Megapixel Image Sensor Is a Remnant of the Megapixel Wars

Toshiba's new TCM5115CL 20-megapixel image sensor is the highest-resolution ever built for the tiniest point-and-shoot cameras. Uh oh, are the megapixel wars back? Read More >>

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Here’s a Good Reason Why the Camera Megapixel Wars Needs to Stop

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who understands cameras and megapixels and storage space but it could be a good excuse to not get suckered by the megapixel wars in buying a camera. The more pixels, the more space it takes. A thousand images taken on the 36 megapixeled Nikon D800 takes up 47 gigs. A thousand images on the reasonable 12 megapixel Nikon D3s? Only 15 gigs. Read More >>

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Nokia: PureView Is Not a Single Specific Feature

After what Nokia did with its 808's insane camera, many a consumer was hoping that similar PureView technology would also feature in the impending new Lumia range. Don't hold your breath, though: as Nokia is keen to point out, PureView isn't about crazy pixel counts. Read More >>

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Sony NEX-F3 Snapped With its 16.1-Megapixel Sensor Icon on Show

A spy shot of Sony's forthcoming NEX-F3 mirrorless camera has revealed what the plastic's going to look like on the top-left corner of the camera, and, more importantly, that Sony's going to be stuffing a 16.1-Megapixel sensor into the thing. Read More >>

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Nokia’s Insane 41-Megapixel Phone Was Used to Make a Commercial About Nokia’s Insane 41-Megapixel Phone

Here's how you know your phone's camera is powerful: If it has 41 freaking megapixels. Here's how you know to trust your powerful camera phone: If it's used to make a commercial about itself. Yep, the Nokia 808 PureView was used to make a commercial about the Nokia 808 PureView. A clever way to see how good (and ridiculous) the camera is. [YouTube] Read More >>

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Reminder: Megapixels Don’t Matter

The shocking news of the day — Nokia is making a phone with a 41-megapixel camera—is shocking for all the wrong reasons. It may shoot higher-res than most DSLRs, but that won't help you at all. Why? After a certain point, megapixels don't matter. Read More >>