A Twitch viewer bot is what you would get when you buy Twitch viewers to watch you stream your gameplay. Using this analogy in cameras, the megapixels are the ones that are used in arranging RGBs into their rightful place to create that colorized image or video you shoot. This is pretty useful actually when you are streaming. As most people know, the higher the megapixel of a certain device, the clearer, and crispier the result will be.
How are a Camera’s Megapixels would affect Your Twitch Stream?
Just as with your viewers, megapixels are measuring the quantity, not the quality of audience you have. You are going to need certain megapixels which all depend on how you are planning to share a video or photo. But as the number of audience in a stream does not say a lot about its quality or viewing times, the number of camera’s pixels does not say a lot about its output quality.
Quality is quite complex in the world of photography. This is entirely a combination of the image sensor, design, optics, engineering, firmware, and of course, the pixel of the camera itself. But ironically enough, it does not include the megapixel count. At the very core of a camera lies the image sensor where it has a wide range of pixels.
Camera’s Image Sensors
There are varying sizes for the image sensors of a camera. Cameras with bigger sensors tend to have bigger pixels and carry more photons on every pixel. This creates a cleaner look with less grain or noise in the photo. More often than not, it delivers finer distinction between shadows and highlights.
What Pixel?
To have a basic idea of the sensor size of a camera, simply look at the lens diameter. Usually, smartphones with 8 megapixels have 8 million pixels packed in a minuscule sensor that’s just the same size as baby aspirin tablet. However, 8-megapixel compact camera with a bigger sensor is almost the same size as a pinky fingernail. Having said that, every individual pixel is deeper and bigger.
This enables it to gather more light without spilling over to its adjacent pixels. This is why the result generated by an 8-megapixel smartphone and camera has significantly different results.