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Camera and screen resolution comparison
When people are asked, "what are you going to do with your pictures?" most will say that all they want is to look at them on a monitor.  As you can see from the information below, most modern cameras are able to produce images big enough to fill the screens of the monitors or TVs that are commonly in use.

506 x 377 - 405 line TV (377i, 4:3)
640 x 480 - 525 line TV (NTSC, 480i, 4:3)
720 x 480 - Standard definition
768 x 576 - 625 line TV (576i, 4:3)
1280 x 720 - HD 720 Video
1920 x 1080 - Full HD Video (16:9)
3840 x 2160 - 4K, Ultra HD Video
4000 x 3000 - Canon PowerShot S120 12.1MP
4608 x 3456 - Olympus E-PL5 17MP
5120 x 2700 - 5K Video
5184 x 3456 - Canon EOS 100D 18MP
5472 x 3648 - Canon PowerShot G7 X and Sony RX100 20MP
5760 x 3840 - Canon EOS 5D Mk 3 23.4 MP
6144 x 3160 - 6K Video
7360 x 4912 - Nikon D810 36.3 MP
8192 x 4320 - 8K Video
8688 x 5792 - Canon EOS 5D R and 5D S

Camera resolution chart
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© Stephen D Knight 2015, 2018


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