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Digital Camera Resolution Guide

By Megapixels:

Resolution Photo Print Size
5x7" 8x10" 11x14" 16x20"
1600x1200 - 2 Megapixel Photo Quality Very Good Acceptable Acceptable
2048x1536 - 3 Megapixel Photo Quality Excellent Good Acceptable
2240x1680 - 4 Megapixel Photo Quality Photo Quality Very Good Good
2560x1920 - 5 Megapixel Photo Quality Photo Quality Excellent Very Good
3032x2008 - 6 Megapixel Photo Quality Photo Quality Photo Quality Excellent
7 Megapixel and above Photo Quality Photo Quality Photo Quality Photo Quality
Poor Noticeably Grainy
Acceptable Obviously not a real photo, but some details are visible
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
Excellent Difficult to tell from real photo at normal viewing distance
Photo Quality On a photo-quality printer, the human eye should not be able to tell the difference at a normal viewing distance
* Using a typical Photo Quality Desktop printer

By Camera:

Camera megapixels Max File Size Max print size Max print size Max print size jpg Raw Raw + jpg Tiff Lrg Jpg
300dpi 200dpi 150dpi Large on 512 card
3.2 4x6 8x10 10x13
Canon Powershot 3.2mp 2048x1536 6.8x5.12 10x7.68 13.65x10.24 1.8 284
Minolta 210 3.2mp 2048x1536 6.8x5.12 10x7.68 13.65x10.24 1.8 284
Olympus C740 3.2mp 2048x1536 6.8x5.12 10x7.68 13.65x10.24 2 256
4 5x7 8x10 11x14
Canon Powershot 4mp 2272x1704 7.57x5.68 11.36x8.52 15x11.36 2.3 222
Nikon 4600/4800 4mp 2288x1716 7.63x5.72 11.44x8.58 15.25x11.44 2 256
Olympus C765/C770 4mp 2288x1712 7.63x5.7 11.44x8.56 15.25x11.41 3 12 170
Olympus Verve 4mp 2272x1704 7.57x5.68 11.36x8.52 15x11.36 3.1 165
Nikon D2HS 4.1mp 2264x1632 7.55x5.44 11.32x8.16 15.09x10.88 3.1 9.5 165
5 5x7 8x12 11x17
Canon Powershot 5mp 2592x1944 8.64x6.48 12.96x9.72 17.28x12.96 2.9 176
Casio EX models  5mp 2560x1920 8.53x6.4 12.8x9.6 17.06x12.8 2.3 222
Minolta 220 5mp 2560x1920 8.53x6.4 12.8x9.6 17.06x12.8 2.4 213
Nikon Coolpix 5.1mp 2592x1944 8.64x6.48 12.96x9.72 17.28x12.96 2.7 189
Olympus Verve S 5mp 2560x1920 8.53x6.4 12.8x9.6 17.06x12.8 4 128
Pentax S models 5mp 2560x1920 8.53x6.4 12.8x9.6 17.06x12.8 3.2 160
Olympus E-1 5mp 2560x1920 8.53x6.4 12.8x9.6 17.06x12.8 3.9 10 15 15 131
6 >8x10 11x14 13x19
Minolta G600 6mp 2816x2112 9.38x7.04 14.08x10.56 18.77x14.08 3.2 160
Olympus C60 6.1mp 2816x2112 9.38x7.04 14.08x10.56 18.77x14.08 4.5 12 113
Minolta 7D 6.1mp 3008x2000 10x6.67 15x10 20.05x13.3 3.1 9.8 13.4 165
Nikon D70 6.1mp 3008x2000 10x6.67 15x10 20.05x13.3 3.4 5.4 6.1 150
Canon Rebel 6.3mp 3072x2048 10.24x6.83 15.36x10.24 20.48x13.65 3.1 7 165
Pentax ISTD 6.1mp 3008x2000 10x6.67 15x10 20.05x13.3 6.1 10.5 18 83
Pentax ISTDS 6.1mp 3008x2000 10x6.67 15x10 20.05x13.3 6.1 10.5 83
7 >8x10 11x14 >16x20
Canon Powershot 7.1mp 3072x2304 10.24x7.68 15.36x11.52 20.48x15.36 3.56 143
Casio Z750 7.2mp 3072x2304 10.24x7.68 15.36x11.52 20.48x15.36 4.1 126
Nikon 7900 7.1mp 3072x2304 10.24x7.68 15.36x11.52 20.48x15.36 3.3 155
Pentax 750Z 7mp 3056x2296 10.18x7.65 15.28x11.48 20.37x15.31 4.2 121
8 >8x10 11x17 16x20
Canon Powershot 8mp 3264x2448 10.88x8.16 16.32x12.24 21.76x16.32 3.7 10+ 138
Nikon Coolpix 8mp 3264x2448 10.88x8.16 16.32x12.24 21.76x16.32 4 10+ 128
Canon Rebel XT 8mp 3456x2304 11.52x7.68 17.28x11.52 20.48x15.36 3.3 8.3 155
Canon 20D 8.2mp 3504x2336 11.68x7.79 17.52x11.68 23.36x15.57 3.6 8.7 9.9-12.3 142
Canon 1D MK2 8.2mp 3504x2336 11.68x7.79 17.52x11.68 23.36x15.57 2.8 8.3 182
Olympus E-Volt 8mp 3264x2448 10.88x8.16 16.32x12.24 21.76x16.32 6.1 13.5 23 83
12+ >8x10 >11x17 >16x20
Fugi S3 12.2mp 4256x2840 14.19x9.47 21.28x14.2 28.37x18.93 4.7 25 108
Nikon D2X 12.4mp 4288x2848 14.29x9.49 21.44x14.24 28.59x18.99 9.2 27.5 37 55
Kodak DCSPRO 13.5mp 4500x3000 15x10 22.5x15 30x20 10.2 15 50
Canon 1DS Mark2 16.7mp 4992x3328 16.64x11.09 24.96x16.64 33.28x22.19 5.5 14.6 93


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