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 = 36515 x 27386 = 999,999,790 pixels
  • Pixel count = 1000 million pixels
  • Resolution = 1000 mega pixels
  • A full frame sensor would be 31.9 x 24 mm (1.33)
  • Pixel density would be 1014 pixels/mm or 25760 pixels/inch (dpi)
  • Pixel pitch: 1 micron (exceptionally fine)

Calculate (file) size

Uncompressed RAW/BMP

TIFF Monochrome 8bit/pixel1000 MB
RAW/DNG 10 bits/pixel1.25 GB
RAW/DNG 12 bits/pixel1.5 GB
RAW/DNG 14 bits/pixel1.75 GB
RAW/DNG 16 bits/pixel2 GB
BMP RGB 3x8 bit/pixel3 GB
OPENEXR RGBA 4x16 bit/pixel8 GB

Compare to

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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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