I was recently in the market for a digital camera. Amazing how far even the entry-level devices have come in the last few years, but that’s another post for another day. But in my search for information here’s a couple useful charts I found…despite some rather contradictory information.
Credit where credit is due…from http://www.design215.com/toolbox/megapixels.php :
And from http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/charts/resolutionChartPopup.html :
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Digital Camera Resolution Chart |
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Capture Resolution |
Video Display* |
Print Size*** |
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2×3" |
4×5"/4×6" |
5×7" |
8×10" |
11×14" |
16×20" |
20×30" |
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320×240 |
Acceptable |
Good |
Acceptable |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
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640×480 – 0.3 Megapixel |
Good |
Excellent |
Good |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
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800×600 |
Excellent |
Photo Quality |
Very Good |
Acceptable |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
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1024×768 |
Excellent |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Good |
Acceptable |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
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1280×960 – 1 Megapixel |
Excellent |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Very Good |
Good |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
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1536×1180 |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Very Good |
Acceptable |
poor |
poor |
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1600×1200 – 2 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Very Good |
Acceptable |
Acceptable |
Poor |
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2048×1536 – 3 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Good |
Acceptable |
Acceptable |
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2240×1680 – 4 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Very Good |
Good |
Acceptable |
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2560×1920 – 5 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Very Good |
Very Good |
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3032×2008 – 6 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Very Good |
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3072×2304 – 7 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
Excellent |
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3264×2448 – 8 Megapixel |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Excellent |
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10 Megapixel + |
Excellent** |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
Photo Quality |
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