Looking at the spate of new multi-megapixel cameras jumping into the marketplace, it seems that 10mp is the new “marketable” minimum that will hit the shelves, with entry-level dSLR’s heading for the 12mp and 16mp markets. These new cameras are really very good, with 14bit sensors, new processors, better white-balance control, sensor cleaning, live view, etc, etc, etc…
My question was: Are we giving up one type of quality for another?
As a commercial stock photographer, sharpness, contrast and noise are some of the big issues for me, in getting good sellable images out there in the marketplace. When shooting this review, my primary “walk-around” camera was the Canon EOS 5D dSLR, a 12mp joy. I could get images up to 1600ISO accepted by the stock agencies through good exposures (slightly over, in the case of the 5D) and reducing the size, allowing Photoshop to throw away the bad pixels.
"The Morning After" was created as an entry for a photographic competition with the theme "Creative Self-Portraits".
We come across this question more often than not, and usually from the wrong side. 
