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

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

Input
wide x high
Aspect ratio: 1,90:1
8,8 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 13,3 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 11,1 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 8,8 MB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 26,5 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 53,1 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 70,8 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 2,1 MB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 1,0 MB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 2,8 MB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 5,7 MB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 13,3 MB 2 19 39 75
JPG100 2,1 MB 15 123 247 482
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 132,7 MB/s 212,3 MB/s 221,2 MB/s 265,4 MB/s
RAW10 165,9 MB/s 265,4 MB/s 276,5 MB/s 331,8 MB/s
RAW12 199,1 MB/s 318,5 MB/s 331,8 MB/s 398,1 MB/s
RGB24 398,1 MB/s 637,0 MB/s 663,6 MB/s 796,3 MB/s
JPG90 15,6 MB/s 24,9 MB/s 25,9 MB/s 31,1 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 56,9" (144,5cm) 30,0" (76,2cm) screen resolution
photo 27,3" (69,4cm) 14,4" (36,6cm) normal photo print
300dpi 13,7" (34,7cm) 7,2" (18,3cm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology
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