The digicam megapixel race of years past seems to have settled down now. Six megapixels seems to be the best tradeoff between detail and noise. Cramming more pixels on a small digicam sensor kicks up the noise, while companies seem to have decided that selling less than six megapixels is too tough a job. Maybe it's because digital SLRs are happy with six (although their sensors are much larger), but the crowd seems to be content with six in a digicam.



Link: Imaging Resource