 Torrance M. Hogue |
What is a megapixil I am interested in digital cameras. However, I do not understand megapixils. What is a "megapixil"?
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Kerry L. Walker |
Megapixel = Big Pixel OK, pixels in a digital camera are the approximate equivalent to the clumps of dye in film. A megapixel is 1,000,000 pixels.
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Bob Cammarata |
Megapixels are what digital camera manufacturers keep increasing,... about every other year or so, to attempt to get close to the quality and integrity of fine-grain films and to keep the public buying. (...Sorry, couldn't help myself.) :)
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Melissa L. Zavadil |
Thhhhhbbbb! Bob your foot is in your mouth!! Please!! :o)
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Kerry L. Walker |
"You can't handle the truth!" (Would site the quote but can't for the life of me remember the name of the movie. Getting old. LOL)
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Bob Cammarata |
Torrence, Sorry for trying to mis-direct your post. It was a good question which deserves a good answer. I found this description at dictionary.com: Main Entry: megapixel Hope this helps. Kerry,
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Kerry L. Walker |
I remembered the actor and the movie but I couldn't remember the NAME of the movie. It was a good movie.
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Torrance M. Hogue |
Bob: Thanks for the information. You also gave me some additional information. Now I can go to dictionary.com.
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Michael H. Cothran |
In the metric system - deca = 10 centa = 100 kilo = 1,000 (one thousand) mega = 1,000,000 (one million) giga = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) tera = 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) Thus a "megapixel" = one million pixels. A "pixel," which is derived from "picture element," is the smallest form in an image, much like a single grain on a sheet of film.
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