I just got back to Washington after a long trip over the holidays back home to Wisconsin. I wanted to pass along a quick story from my trip.
While waiting for my flight out of Seattle, I ran into a staff photographer from the Chicago Tribune. He does photos for the hardcopy paper only, not the online version. He was in Seattle for a story they were running on Boeing. I asked him what he used for a camera, certain it was a 35mm but was shocked to hear they converted a few years ago to Digital. But then the real surprise came, they use a Nikon D1H, an old 3 megapixel SLR Digital. I asked why only a 3 megapixel camera and he told me that it was all they needed for news print quality. This year they are converting to a D2X which is a 12 megapixel camera, but they are in no rush. He travels with a Mac iBook and uploads the photos via FTP to the Trib’s server every evening.
Just goes to show you that the megapixel aspect of a digital camera is not as important as some companies tend to make you believe.