On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 05:39:27PM -0500, nate at refried.org wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 04:41:23PM -0500, Tim Wilson wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 04:08:32PM -0500, Mike Hicks wrote: > > > Is there a moderately accurate description of what a megapixel is? I > > > have a couple of guesses (a million pixels, the number of pixels at > > > 1024x768, etc), but I don't really know.. > > > > It's just the number of pixels in the image (in millions). A 1600x1200 > > desktop would be 1600 * 1200 = 1,920,000 pixels. > > There must be some wierd math in there because mine doesn't add up. > > Fuji FinePix 1400Zoom, 1.3 Mega pixels. Max res 1280x960. > > >>> 1280*960 > 1228800 > >>> 1280*960/1000000. > 1.2287999999999999 > > Since when does 1.22 round up to 1.3? Ah, a Python programmer. :-) There's definitely some rounding at work with most of the cameras. My S40 gives a theoretical image size and an effective image size. I don't have the manual handy, but I'll look it up and do the math when I get home. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com