What Camera Resolution do I need? |
Digital Camera Resolution Chart | Capture Resolution | TV or PC Display | Print Size, using a standard photo quality desktop printer: | 2x3" | 10x15cm (4x6") | 13x18cm (5x7") | 20x25cm (8x10") | 28x35.5cm (11x14") | 16x20" | 20x30" | 320x240 | Acceptable | Good | Acceptable | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | 0.3 Megapixel or 640x480 | Good | Great | Good | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | 800x600 | Great | Photo Quality | Very Good | Acceptable | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | 1024x768 | Great | Photo Quality | Great | Good | Acceptable | Poor | Poor | Poor | 1 Megapixel or 1280x960 | Great | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Very Good | Good | Poor | Poor | Poor | 1536x1180 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | Very Good | Acceptable | poor | poor | 2 Megapixel or 1600x1200 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Very Good | Acceptable | Acceptable | Poor | 3 Megapixel or 2048x1536 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | Good | Acceptable | Acceptable | 4 Megapixel- 2240x1680 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Very Good | Good | Acceptable | 5 Megapixel - 2560x1920 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | Very Good | Very Good | 6 Megapixel - 3032x2008 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | Very Good | 7 Megapixel - 3072x2304 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | Great | 8 Megapixel - 3264x2448 | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Great | 10 Megapixel + | Great* | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality | Photo Quality |
Poor | Obviously grainy or pixelated | OK | Can tell it is not a photo due to some pixelated details | Good | Can tell it is not a photo but most details are discernable | Very Good | Can tell it is not a photo at normal distance, but good enough for many uses | Great | Difficult to tell from real photo at normal viewing distance | Photo Quality | On a photo-quality printer, you can't tell the difference at a normal viewing distance | * Will produce an excessively large file size that would be inappropriate for web applications |
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