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 = 17280 x 8640 = 149,299,200 pixels
  • Pixel count = 149.3 million pixels
  • Resolution = 149.3 mega pixels
  • A full frame sensor would be 48 x 24 mm (2)
  • Pixel density would be 480 pixels/mm or 12190 pixels/inch (dpi)
  • Pixel pitch: 2.1 micron (exceptionally fine)

Calculate (file) size

Compressed image formats (estimated size)

JPG 100% 24bit/pixel30.49 MB
JPG 90% 24 bit/pixel15.24 MB
GIF 8bit/pixel, 255 colors45.73 MB
PNG losless 24bit/pixel86.77 MB
Lossless JPEG223.95 MB
Canon sRAW CR2130.64 MB
Canon mRAW CR2195.96 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit uncompressed261.27 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit lossless compressed145.03 MB
Nikon NEF 14-bit compressed126.07 MB

Compare to

ARRI Alexa Mini LF • ARRI Alexa XT Studio • Canon EOS 1D C • Canon EOS C500 • Canon EOS C500 MkII • GoPro Hero4 • GoPro Hero7 Black • Phantom Flex4K • Red DSMC2 Monstro 8K • Red Epic/Scarlet Dragon 6K • Red Gemini 5K • Red One 4K • Sony 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

Wikipedia: Pixels & megapixels
Wikipedia: Common resolutions
Camera Resolution explained
Canon RAW, sRAW, mRAW

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