As a smarter man than myself once said: "Trying to judge digital cameras by their megapixels, is like trying to judge cars based on the maximum speed shown on t

As a smarter man than myself once said: "Trying to judge digital cameras by their megapixels, is like trying to judge cars based on the maximum speed shown on the speedometer." Apart from increased noise smaller sensors are a lot less versatile. It's hard to keep the depth-of-field shallow to draw attention to the subject. The smaller the sensor, the deeper the depth of field.