'A Sensitive Issue'

Ok Digital-savvy, I got a question re pixels and sensor size.

I might be buying a 6.1 mp Pentax, 'cause i don't see the new 10 MP versions coming before Xmas. My wife currently has a Sony P&S with 6 mp, but the sensor size is tiny-- it might be half the C-sized (or APS-sized) sensor in the SLr, so would this make any difference in picture quality?

Or put another way: I am s told that a 6 mp SLR will easily print to A4 size -- I assume without radical cropping -- so the smaller P&S sensor should do the same? Or does the pixel SIZE on the sensor make a serious difference.

The second query is this: If the sensor is the same size in both the Pentax 100 and the new K 10D but one has 6 mp and the other 10 mp, what is that going to do for quality, noise issues, sharpness etc.?

BTW I am leaving out the lens, i already know the kit lens is not all that good, but it has to be better than the Sony AP&S lens, at least to get started.

Mike 

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