Megapixel Calculator - digital camera resolution

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: 1,27:1 - 14:11 (photo US)

315,1 megapixel

pixels

Result

File size
screen

TYPE	FILESIZE	DESCRIPTION
RAW12	472,6 MB	(uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10	393,9 MB	(uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8	315,1 MB	(uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP	945,3 MB	(uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF	1,9 GB	(uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR	2,5 GB	(uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
	FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
GIF	66,3 MB	(compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG	19,3 MB	(lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)

Memory card
memory

TYPE	FILESIZE	32MB	256MB	512MB	1GB
RAW12	472,6 MB	0	1	1	2

Video

TYPE	15fps	24fps	25fps	30fps
RAW8	4,7 GB/s	7,6 GB/s	7,9 GB/s	9,5 GB/s
RAW10	5,9 GB/s	9,5 GB/s	9,8 GB/s	11,8 GB/s
RAW12	7,1 GB/s	11,3 GB/s	11,8 GB/s	14,2 GB/s
RGB24	14,2 GB/s	22,7 GB/s	23,6 GB/s	28,4 GB/s

Print size
printer

type	max width	max height	description
72dpi	278,1" (706,4cm)	218,6" (555,1cm)	screen resolution
photo	133,5" (339,1cm)	104,9" (266,5cm)	normal photo print
300dpi	66,7" (169,5cm)	52,5" (133,2cm)	hi-res print

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