Megapixel: NTSC DVD: 0 35 Megapixel

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 = 720 x 480 = 345,600 pixels
  • Pixel count = 345.6 thousand pixels
  • Resolution = 345.6 kilo pixels
  • A full frame sensor would be 36 x 24 mm (1.5)
  • Pixel density would be 20 pixels/mm or 510 pixels/inch (dpi)
  • Pixel pitch: 50 micron (rather large)

Calculate (file) size

Uncompressed RAW/BMP

TIFF Monochrome 8bit/pixel345.6 KB
RAW/DNG 10 bits/pixel432 KB
RAW/DNG 12 bits/pixel518.4 KB
RAW/DNG 14 bits/pixel604.8 KB
RAW/DNG 16 bits/pixel691.2 KB
BMP RGB 3x8 bit/pixel1.04 MB
OPENEXR RGBA 4x16 bit/pixel2.76 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
Portrait distance
portrait distance, composition, crop factor, focal length