Word: megapixel
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...ready to make such a claim for digital cameras, which were introduced in 1995. But the technology of capturing pictures as computer data is racing ahead as consumers get comfortable with the technology. The latest "megapixel" models, which snap images composed of more than a million dots, or pixels, can produce pictures that rival film prints--provided you've got a computer, a good color printer, some glossy photo paper and the patience to put it all together. You may need a bigger wallet too: the best consumer models still cost...
...Shih, president of Kodak's digital-imaging division. If the answer is simply prints to put in your photo album, then a film camera is still the way to go. But for the "pictures-as-information crowd," as Shih calls it, there are plenty of willing suppliers, with new megapixel cameras available now or due shortly from Canon, Casio, Epson, Fuji, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus and others...