DigPhotog: Pixels: The Parts of the Picture [VID] (W6-P4) Sp18

Pixel is "short for picture element, pixels are the tiny components that capture the digital image data recorded by your camera" (B&H).





Resolution is "the number of pixels, both horizontally and vertically, used to either capture or display an image. The higher the resolution, the finer the image detail will be" (B&H).

Resolution is typically shown as the number pixel wide by pixel high (e.g. 4200 x 2800).

Note that when you multiply these two numbers you get the total number of pixels in a photograph.


Megapixel (MP) is 1 million (1,000,000) pixels (B&H).

For example...

If you have a camera which is 8 MP, then the photographs you take can contain up to approximately 8,000,000 pixels.   The resolution for those photos would be 3264 x 2468.

If you have a camera which is 12 MP, then the photographs you take can contain up to approximately 12,000,000 pixels.   The resolution for those photos would be 4200 x 2800.






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