unless you are going to sit there and count the dots the image quality of the XT will be nicer. there will be fewer pixels lost to noise and other dense sensor problems--

and with a better lens a 8MP shot will most likely look better than a 10MP shot anyway
look at it this way:
unless someone is looking for more graphical data just out of the need for very large prints or for extensive cropping the early batch of consumer 10MP DSLR's just might be not the best choice.


too many people think more=better -- just making sure that whoever is asking for this information knows that.