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What Camera Resolution do I need? Print

Do you really need a 10 megapixel camera?

Look up our digital camera resolution chart to easily compare the quality of your photo's at different sizes.

Use this chart to consider the capture resolution of your digital camera and decide if which model is right for you.

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