--- title: Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels description: One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don't matter much. Here's why, along... canonical: https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2010-09-09T16:55:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T10:54:49.213Z article:section: Business og:title: Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels og:description: One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don't matter much. Here's why, along... og:url: https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels twitter:description: One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don't matter much. Here's why, along... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Sep 9, 2010 4:55 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Sep 9, 2010 4:55 PM CUT One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don’t matter much. Here’s why, along with some other features to consider instead. _Want more video reviews?_ [Click here.](http://techland.com/tag/video-review/ "undefined") **More on Techland:** [Hands-on With the Pentax K-r DSLR](http://techland.com/2010/09/09/hands-on-with-the-pentax-k-r-dslr/ "undefined") [Watch Me Try To Destroy Four Cameras](http://techland.com/2010/05/14/watch-me-try-to-destroy-four-cameras/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/"},"headline":"Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels","datePublished":"2010-09-09T16:55:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:54:49.213Z","description":"One of the first features touted for point-and-shoot digital cameras is the megapixel count. For most people, though, megapixels don't matter much. Here's why, along...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7246167/two-minute-video-camera-shopping-skip-the-megapixels/","name":"Two Minute Video: Camera Shopping? Skip the Megapixels"}}]}] ```