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by Answerbag Staff on December 24th, 2009

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What is the equation to figuring out megapixels?

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  • by Mark Kennan on December 24th, 2009

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    The number of megapixels a camera has is determined by multiplying the number of pixels wide the sensor is by the number of pixels tall the sensor is, then dividing the result by 1 million. For example, a sensor 1,500 pixels wide and 1,000 pixels tall would have a resolution of 1.5 megapixels.

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