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: 1,50:1 - 3:2 (photo)
5,0 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 7,5 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 6,2 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 5,0 MB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 15,0 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 29,9 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 39,9 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 1,4 MB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 704,2 KB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 1,7 MB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 3,7 MB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 7,5 MB 4 34 68 134
JPG100 1,4 MB 23 182 364 710
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 74,9 MB/s 119,8 MB/s 124,8 MB/s 149,7 MB/s
RAW10 93,6 MB/s 149,7 MB/s 156,0 MB/s 187,1 MB/s
RAW12 112,3 MB/s 179,7 MB/s 187,1 MB/s 224,6 MB/s
RGB24 224,6 MB/s 359,3 MB/s 374,3 MB/s 449,1 MB/s
JPG90 10,6 MB/s 16,9 MB/s 17,6 MB/s 21,1 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 38,0" (96,5cm) 25,3" (64,3cm) screen resolution
photo 18,2" (46,3cm) 12,2" (30,9cm) normal photo print
300dpi 9,1" (23,2cm) 6,1" (15,4cm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology

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