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 = 6000 x 4000 = 24,000,000 pixels
  • Pixel count = 24 million pixels
  • Resolution = 24 mega pixels
  • A full frame sensor would be 36 x 24 mm (1.5)
  • Pixel density would be 167 pixels/mm or 4230 pixels/inch (dpi)
  • Pixel pitch: 6 micron (very fine)

Calculate (file) size

Uncompressed TIFF/DPX

TIFF/DPX Monochrome 8bit/pixel24 MB
TIFF/DPX RGB 3x8bit/pixel72 MB
DPX RGB 3x10bit/pixel90 MB
TIFF/DPX RGB 3x16bit/pixel144 MB
TIFF/DPX RGBA 4x8 bit/pixel96 MB
DPX RGBA 4x10 bit/pixel120 MB
TIFF/DPX RGBA 4x16 bit/pixel192 MB
OPENEXR RGBA 4x16 bit/pixel192 MB
OPENEXR RGB 4x32 bit/pixel384 MB

Compare to

4K TV (16:9)8K TV (16:9)HDCAMNTSC DVDNTSC SVCDNTSC TVNTSC VCDPAL DVDPAL SVCDPAL VCDQuicktime HD 1080pQuicktime HD 720pQuicktime SD 480p

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

Photo calculators & converters

Aspect ratio
Image Width x Height → aspect ratio
Aspect Fit
Fit an image on a screen
Composition Calculator
Focal length, distance, crop factor → image composition
Depth-of-Field Calculator
Aperture, focal length, distance, crop → depth-of-field
DPI calculator
Print Width x Height and dpi → megapixels
Image filesize calculator
Image Width x Height JPG/RAW/PNG → bytes
Light calculator (EV)
Aperture, shutter time, ISO → Exposure Value
Megapixel calculator
Image Width x Height → megapixels
Megapixel Aspects
See megapixels in different aspect ratios