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: 1.33:1 - 4:3 (screen)
22.2 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 33.3 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 27.7 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 22.2 MB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 66.5 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 133.1 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 177.4 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 3.5 MB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 1.8 MB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 6.4 MB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 10.9 MB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 33.3 MB 1 8 15 30
JPG100 3.5 MB 9 73 146 286
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 332.7 MB/s 532.3 MB/s 554.5 MB/s 665.4 MB/s
RAW10 415.9 MB/s 665.4 MB/s 693.1 MB/s 831.7 MB/s
RAW12 499.0 MB/s 798.4 MB/s 831.7 MB/s 998.0 MB/s
RGB24 998.0 MB/s 1.6 GB/s 1.7 GB/s 2.0 GB/s
JPG90 26.3 MB/s 42.0 MB/s 43.8 MB/s 52.5 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 75.5" (1,918mm) 56.7" (1,439mm) screen resolution
photo 36.2" (920mm) 27.2" (691mm) normal photo print
300dpi 18.1" (460mm) 13.6" (345mm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology
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