Torrance M. Hogue |
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What is a megapixil
I am interested in digital cameras. However, I do not understand megapixils. What is a "megapixil"?
August 20, 2005
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Kerry L. Walker |
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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.
August 20, 2005
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Bob Cammarata |
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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.) :)
August 20, 2005
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Melissa L. Zavadil |
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Thhhhhbbbb! Bob your foot is in your mouth!! Please!! :o)
August 20, 2005
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Kerry L. Walker |
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"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)
August 20, 2005
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Bob Cammarata |
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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
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a unit of graphic resolution, 1,048,576 or 220 pixels, the speed at which a graphics card can display data. Hope this helps. Kerry,
That movie was "A Few Good Men". Nicholson made that quote. (Great flick!)
Bob
August 21, 2005
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Kerry L. Walker |
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I remembered the actor and the movie but I couldn't remember the NAME of the movie. It was a good movie.
August 21, 2005
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Torrance M. Hogue |
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Bob: Thanks for the information. You also gave me some additional information. Now I can go to dictionary.com.
August 23, 2005
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Michael H. Cothran |
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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.
Also - just for your information -
A "mega byte" would be one million bytes. (A "byte" is the smallest form of computer data).
Hope this helps.
Michael H. Cothran
www.mhcphoto.net
August 23, 2005
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