Marketing is the imposition of an unnecessary product by artificially creating a non-existent need for it. Looking at the aggressiveness with which cameraphones appear, I decided to find out how much megapixels actually need an ordinary person.
Original data: 300 pixels / inch, standard sizes for photo printing. So, let's go:
Print size
Image size
Number of pixels
Mhr *
10.2 x 15.2
1205 x 1796
2 164 180
3
15.2 x 21.6
1796 x 2552
4,583,392
five
20.3 x 30.5
2398 x 3603
8,639,994
9
30.5 x 45.7
3603 x 5398
19,448,994
20
You do not agree? _______ * - rounding to integer.