Megapixel calculator

A "megapixel" is one million (1.000.000) pixels. Enter the pixel dimensions of your photo, camera, screen or tv, and calculate how many megapixels that is.

Calculate megapixels

  • Size = 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 pixels
  • Pixel count = 2.07 million pixels
  • Resolution = 2.07 mega pixels
  • A full frame sensor would be 42.7 x 24 mm (1.78)
  • Pixel density would be 53 pixels/mm or 1350 pixels/inch (dpi)
  • Pixel pitch: 18.8 micron (rather large)

Calculate (file) size

Compressed image formats (estimated size)

JPG 100% 24bit/pixel423.41 KB
JPG 90% 24 bit/pixel211.7 KB
GIF 8bit/pixel, 255 colors635.11 KB
PNG losless 24bit/pixel1.21 MB
Lossless JPEG3.11 MB
Canon sRAW CR21.81 MB
Canon mRAW CR22.72 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit uncompressed3.63 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit lossless compressed2.01 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit compressed1.75 MB

Compare to

ARRI Alexa Mini LFARRI Alexa XT StudioCanon EOS 1D CCanon EOS C500Canon EOS C500 MkIIGoPro Hero4GoPro Hero7 BlackPhantom Flex4KRed DSMC2 Monstro 8KRed Epic/Scarlet Dragon 6KRed Gemini 5KRed One 4KSony CineAlta 4K

Background

For decades, advances in camera technology have been measured in 'megapixels', although more pixels doesn't always mean better quality. The same metric can also be used to describe the resolution of photos, or digital screens. This megapixel calculator brings it all together. Calculate, compare, visualise and estimate.

References

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