Megapixel Calculator: Canon EOS 5D (L)

Purpose

This is a megapixel calculator, a tool to calculate and convert graphical resolution, image memory consumption and file sizes. How many pixels in a DVD image? How does that compare to a 5 megapixel camera? What is the resolution of Digital Cinema 2K? The answer is here!

Megapixel list

For a list of standard or well-known resolutions for camera, screen, video or cinema, check the megapixel resolution chart!

Input

Aspect ratio: 1.50:1 - 3:2 (photo)

12.7 megapixel

pixels

Result

File size
screen

TYPE	FILESIZE	DESCRIPTION
RAW12	19.1 MB	(uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10	15.9 MB	(uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8	12.7 MB	(uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP	38.2 MB	(uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF	76.3 MB	(uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR	101.8 MB	(uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
	FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100	2.6 MB	(100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90	1.3 MB	(90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF	3.9 MB	(compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG	7.4 MB	(lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)

Memory card
memory

TYPE	FILESIZE	32MB	256MB	512MB	1GB
RAW12	19.1 MB	2	13	27	52
JPG100	2.6 MB	12	99	197	385

Video

TYPE	15fps	24fps	25fps	30fps
RAW8	190.8 MB/s	305.3 MB/s	318.0 MB/s	381.6 MB/s
RAW10	238.5 MB/s	381.6 MB/s	397.5 MB/s	477.0 MB/s
RAW12	286.2 MB/s	457.9 MB/s	477.0 MB/s	572.4 MB/s
RGB24	572.4 MB/s	915.8 MB/s	954.0 MB/s	1.1 GB/s
JPG90	19.5 MB/s	31.2 MB/s	32.5 MB/s	39.0 MB/s

Print size
printer

type	max width	max height	description
72dpi	60.7" (1,541mm)	40.4" (1,027mm)	screen resolution
photo	29.1" (740mm)	19.4" (493mm)	normal photo print
300dpi	14.6" (370mm)	9.7" (247mm)	hi-res print

References: Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology