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: 1,40:1 - 7:5 (photo US)
3,0 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 4,5 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 3,7 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 3,0 MB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 9,0 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 18,0 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 24,0 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 973,6 KB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 486,8 KB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 1,1 MB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 2,4 MB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 4,5 MB 7 57 114 222
JPG100 973,6 KB 33 263 526 1.027
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 45,0 MB/s 72,0 MB/s 75,0 MB/s 89,9 MB/s
RAW10 56,2 MB/s 89,9 MB/s 93,7 MB/s 112,4 MB/s
RAW12 67,5 MB/s 107,9 MB/s 112,4 MB/s 134,9 MB/s
RGB24 134,9 MB/s 215,9 MB/s 224,9 MB/s 269,8 MB/s
JPG90 7,3 MB/s 11,7 MB/s 12,2 MB/s 14,6 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 28,4" (72,2cm) 20,3" (51,6cm) screen resolution
photo 13,7" (34,7cm) 9,8" (24,8cm) normal photo print
300dpi 6,8" (17,3cm) 4,9" (12,4cm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology
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