wats a megapixel

Funzo6785 · 03-28-2005, 03:15 PM

I may know stuff about computers and consoles, but im an idiot when it comes to camera's. So whats a megapixel?

**Praetor** · 03-28-2005, 04:11 PM

Megapixel
Essentially it means 1 million pixels ... but pixelcount doesnt mean much by itself ... you also need to consider pixel density (consider 1MP but each pixel was 2inches wide .....)

Funzo6785 · 04-03-2005, 05:05 AM

yea but if there were a million 2" wide pixels, and you looked at it from 500 feet away... It would look relatively normal right?

Cyhaxor · 04-18-2005, 09:09 PM

well pixels are squares on your monitor... Take one LCD(TFT) monitor and one wed cloth... then wash your monitor as it open and you will see some squares.. That's pixels... One squares = One pixel!

TonyBAMF · 04-18-2005, 09:58 PM

Mega: One million (10^6)
Pixel: The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution"

Don't Hack!!! · 04-18-2005, 10:41 PM

Can A "single" pixel Host more then one color at a time? like One side red and the other side Blue. If this was avaible i belive it would improve the quality of pictures a 100 fold using less pixels.

narafa · 04-18-2005, 11:30 PM

The pixel is the smallest unit used, so it can't have more than one color, if it would have, then it would be 2 pixels beside each other

Pixel density matters as Praetor said, try converting your screen resolution to an 1024x768 and you will have a higher pixel density which means higher number of pixels per square area unit or inch square. Instead of seeing 800x600 pixels on the same 17" monitor, you will see 1024x768 pixels on the same 17" area, so you eventually increased the density, which will give you a better resolution and nicer details.

drzing · 04-27-2005, 11:01 PM

your a ****ing dumb ass...lol

elmarcorulz · 04-28-2005, 12:51 AM

if you have a 17" monitor 1280x1024 would be a better suited resolution.

cidViscous · 05-06-2005, 02:50 AM

a pixel is _not_ the smallest addressable unit for making graphics on a display. with proper hardware control, partial pixels can be used to make much sharper graphics. mostly used on handheld devices, it's not an end all be all, but for certain functions, it's a beautiful thing...

each pixel is actually made of three mini-pixels--one red, one green, and one blue. normally, a pixel is considered as a whole unit, and your eye usually blends everything together, but controlling the rgb levels individually let's you pull some tricks on your eyes.

google for half pixel shading, sub-pixel rendering, antialiasing, graphics tricks on small lcd's, etc. lotta wierd stuff you can do.

anyway...

--cid

http://cidviscous.blogspot.com

03-28-2005, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Funzo6785 banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 258	wats a megapixel I may know stuff about computers and consoles, but im an idiot when it comes to camera's. So whats a megapixel?

03-28-2005, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 19,953	Megapixel Essentially it means 1 million pixels ... but pixelcount doesnt mean much by itself ... you also need to consider pixel density (consider 1MP but each pixel was 2inches wide .....) __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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Funzo6785 banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 258	yea yea but if there were a million 2" wide pixels, and you looked at it from 500 feet away... It would look relatively normal right?

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TonyBAMF Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Age: 24 Posts: 412	Mega: One million (10^6) Pixel: The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution" __________________ 19" Viewsonic 2ms Core 2 Duo E6600 ATI X1900XT 512MB BadAxe Mobo 2GB DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS Sound Blaster X-Fi 500GB re2 WD HDD DVD burner with lightscribe

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04-18-2005, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cyhaxor New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 4	well pixels are squares on your monitor... Take one LCD(TFT) monitor and one wed cloth... then wash your monitor as it open and you will see some squares.. That's pixels... One squares = One pixel!

04-18-2005, 10:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Don't Hack!!! Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 459	Can A "single" pixel Host more then one color at a time? like One side red and the other side Blue. If this was avaible i belive it would improve the quality of pictures a 100 fold using less pixels.

04-18-2005, 11:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 30 Posts: 450	The pixel is the smallest unit used, so it can't have more than one color, if it would have, then it would be 2 pixels beside each other Pixel density matters as Praetor said, try converting your screen resolution to an 1024x768 and you will have a higher pixel density which means higher number of pixels per square area unit or inch square. Instead of seeing 800x600 pixels on the same 17" monitor, you will see 1024x768 pixels on the same 17" area, so you eventually increased the density, which will give you a better resolution and nicer details.

04-27-2005, 11:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
drzing New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	your a ****ing dumb ass...lol

05-06-2005, 02:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
cidViscous New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: us Posts: 22	actually, that's not entirely true... a pixel is _not_ the smallest addressable unit for making graphics on a display. with proper hardware control, partial pixels can be used to make much sharper graphics. mostly used on handheld devices, it's not an end all be all, but for certain functions, it's a beautiful thing... each pixel is actually made of three mini-pixels--one red, one green, and one blue. normally, a pixel is considered as a whole unit, and your eye usually blends everything together, but controlling the rgb levels individually let's you pull some tricks on your eyes. google for half pixel shading, sub-pixel rendering, antialiasing, graphics tricks on small lcd's, etc. lotta wierd stuff you can do. anyway... --cid http://cidviscous.blogspot.com

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