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Picture Storage Capacity for Memory Cards

Picture Storage Capacity for Memory Cards
  • JPEG is the most common file format for consumer cameras.

  • Table value is "images per card".


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Compressed Photos (JPEG 100% quality)

Megapixels

File size (MB)

1GB

2GB

4GB

8GB

16GB

32GB

64GB

128GB

4MP

1.2

715

1,430

2,861

5,722

11,444

22,888

45,776

91,552

5MP

1.5

572

1,144

2,288

4,577

9,155

18,310

36,620

73,240

6MP

1.8

476

953

1,907

3,814

7,629

15,258

30,516

61,032

7MP

2.1

408

817

1,634

3,269

6,539

13,078

26,156

52,312

8MP

2.4

357

715

1,430

2,861

5,722

11,444

22,888

45,776

10MP

3.0

286

572

1,144

2,288

4,577

9,155

18,310

36,620

12MP

3.6

238

476

953

1,907

3,814

7,629

15,258

30,516

14MP

4.2

204

408

817

1,634

3,269

6,539

13,078

26,156

16MP

4.8

178

357

715

1,430

2,861

5,722

11,444

22,888

22MP

6.6

130

260

520

1,040

2,080

4,161

8,322

16,644



Uncompressed RAW Photos (24 bits per pixel)

Megapixels

File size (MB)

1GB

2GB

4GB

8GB

16GB

32GB

64GB

128GB

4MP

12.0

71

143

286

572

1,144

2,288

4,576

9,152

5MP

15.0

57

114

228

457

915

1,831

3,662

7,324

6MP

18.0

47

95

190

381

762

1,525

3,050

6,100

7MP

21.0

40

81

163

326

653

1,307

2,614

5,228

8MP

24.0

35

71

143

286

572

1,144

2,288

4,576

10MP

30.0

28

57

114

228

457

915

1,830

3,660

12MP

36.0

23

47

95

190

381

762

1,524

3,048

14MP

42.0

20

40

81

163

326

653

1,306

2,612

16MP

48.0

17

35

71

143

286

572

1,144

2,288

22MP

66.0

13

26

52

104

208

416

832

1664


Number of images per card calculation.
MP = 1,000,000 pixels
1MB = 1,000,000 bytes, 1GB = 1,000MB
TIFF image has 24 bit color depth, one of 16,777,216 colors per pixel
JPEG 100% Quality = Visually lossless JPEG compression with 1:10 ratio of RAW image


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Answer ID 35132
Published 09/13/2022 12:18 PM
Updated 10/07/2024 01:10 PM

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