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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

What’s more important for image quality: a high megapixel sensor or a good lens?

Close-up of an image sensor, next to an image of a camera lens.

These days we see some absolute behemoth full-frame camera sensors packing 50, 60 and now close to 70MP (megapixels). While these specs are certainly attractive, and do contribute towards the overall quality of your images, they’re only as good as the lens you pair them with.

Megapixel counts can create a false perception, with many photographers – especially newcomers – falling into the trap of thinking the higher the number, the better quality their images will be.

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