Some while back there was a rumor that Kodak would release a 13-megapixel camera. Too late, because Canon just ran a press release that they'd be releasing a 16.6 megapixel camera, the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II. And it will be out in November.
What does 16.6 megapixel mean?
Imagine printing a JPEG file to photo-quality standards. A 2-megapixel picture camera will produce a 1600x1200 picture. Ideally, this will print half a page of a letter-size paper (about 5 and 1/2 inches by 4). Any larger than that and you'd see the pixellation. If this was film-based printing, the term is "grainy." A 16-megapixel picture will produce a 4700x3500 picture. You can print pictures as large as 16x12 inches, with the same quality as before. All things being equal.
However, this is not a toy. Like most cameras of its class, the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II supports the full range of EOS lenses with its interchangeable lens mount. And there are a lot more third-party lenses out there with their own lens-mount mount adaptors.
I guess the next hurdle is the 20-megapixel camera.
Who knows maybe in another 5 years, every other digital still camera will be 16-megapixel rated?
--andoy
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