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)
1,0 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 1,5 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 1,2 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 995,3 KB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 3,0 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 6,0 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 8,0 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 414,7 KB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 207,4 KB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 383,0 KB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 987,5 KB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 1,5 MB 21 171 343 670
JPG100 414,7 KB 77 617 1.235 2.411
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 14,9 MB/s 23,9 MB/s 24,9 MB/s 29,9 MB/s
RAW10 18,7 MB/s 29,9 MB/s 31,1 MB/s 37,3 MB/s
RAW12 22,4 MB/s 35,8 MB/s 37,3 MB/s 44,8 MB/s
RGB24 44,8 MB/s 71,7 MB/s 74,6 MB/s 89,6 MB/s
JPG90 3,1 MB/s 5,0 MB/s 5,2 MB/s 6,2 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 16,0" (40,6cm) 12,0" (30,5cm) screen resolution
photo 7,7" (19,5cm) 5,8" (14,6cm) normal photo print
300dpi 3,8" (9,8cm) 2,9" (7,3cm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology
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