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)
20,0 megapixel
pixels

Result

File size
screen
TYPE FILESIZE DESCRIPTION
RAW12 29,9 MB (uncompressed 12 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW10 25,0 MB (uncompressed 10 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
RAW8 20,0 MB (uncompressed 8 bits/pixel - Bayer mask)
BMP 59,9 MB (uncompressed RGB 24bit/pixel)
TIFF 119,8 MB (uncompressed CMYK 48bit/pixel)
OPENEXR 159,7 MB (uncompressed RGBA 4 * 16bit float/pixel)
FILE COMPRESSION ESTIMATIONS
JPG100 3,3 MB (100% quality - 24bit/pixel)
JPG90 1,7 MB (90% quality - 24bit/pixel)
GIF 5,9 MB (compressed - 8bit/pixel)
PNG 10,1 MB (lossless compressed - 24bit/pixel)
Memory card
memory
TYPE FILESIZE 32MB 256MB 512MB 1GB
RAW12 29,9 MB 1 9 17 33
JPG100 3,3 MB 10 77 154 301
Video
video
TYPE 15fps 24fps 25fps 30fps
RAW8 299,4 MB/s 479,1 MB/s 499,0 MB/s 598,9 MB/s
RAW10 374,3 MB/s 598,9 MB/s 623,8 MB/s 748,6 MB/s
RAW12 449,1 MB/s 718,6 MB/s 748,6 MB/s 898,3 MB/s
RGB24 898,3 MB/s 1,4 GB/s 1,5 GB/s 1,8 GB/s
JPG90 24,9 MB/s 39,9 MB/s 41,6 MB/s 49,9 MB/s
Print size
printer
type max width max height description
72dpi 76,0" (193,0cm) 50,7" (128,7cm) screen resolution
photo 36,5" (92,7cm) 24,3" (61,8cm) normal photo print
300dpi 18,2" (46,3cm) 12,2" (30,9cm) hi-res print
References
Wikipedia: Pixels - JPEG compression - Bayer mask - Foveon X3 technology
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