Digital Camera v Film

[DavidProut]

What is the resolution needed in a digital camera to match the quality of a top quality SLR camera

[wideboy]

Probably starting at 6 or 8 megapixels but better with 12 megapixels upwards.

[fo3nix]

It's not quite the same thing though. Think about how big you may want to print the images. a 3MP camera will look good and not pixelated up to almost A4 size. A 4MP would be better, and a 5MP and above may stretch to A3.

Ken Rockwell is a professional photographer, and has a good website with topics such as this discussed. See these two essays:

http://kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm
http://kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm