Like for a 5 MP camera, that's 50 pictures to the memory?
2007-05-13 08:47:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
I would agree with some of the answers here about the larger the memory, the more pictures you can store. The amount you can store is based on several factors. If you are shooting in RAW format, you will need more memory than if you are shooting in .jpg. Remember that digital photos cannot see colors. They only see 1's and 0's. Digital cameras see in terms of gray scales. Most photos are in RGB (red, green, blue) format. This means there are three different layers of gray scales. The various levels of gray have different values applied to them in terms of bits. Since a .jpg file is compressed it will require less memory than RAW will. Just remember that more memory equals more pictures. The amount is based on format of photo.
2007-05-13 11:25:24 · answer #1 · answered by paulmccord 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say that because the amount of pics the camera can store without a memory card (depending on the camera, mine has no internal memory) can increase or decrease depending on the quality settings you have set on the camea. Which on a lot of cameras controls how big the pics will be once u shoot the picture. For instance you may be able to hold only 50 pics on a camera if the resolution was set to create a 800x600 shots but then the same camera would be able to up to 70 to 100 pics of you only wanted 640x480 shots. The sizes I used are standard wallpaper (backgrounds on your desktop) sizes for the computer.
2007-05-13 09:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Esh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 specifications for the camera.
Mega pixel refers to pixels or the number of picture elements that are imaged for EACH picture you take.
Storage of those is Mega Bytes, or Giga Bytes. Unless you store raw data, the picture is processed by the camera and compressed to a fineness you specify as JPEG.
So a 5 MP camera could store the picture as a 0.25 MB jpeg file, depending on your selections for fineness. jpeg is variable size so it is not possible to predict precisely how many pictures of a given fineness can be stored. however the raw data is the same for every picture, so you can know what your memory capacity is if you chose this option.
2007-05-14 10:42:07 · answer #3 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of photos you can store depends on the mega-pixel rating of the camera and the size of the flash memory your camera has.... My 10Mp camera can store 399 pictures on its 2Gb memory card....and that's a lot more than multiplying 10 by 10!
2007-05-13 11:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by Ricvee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
I have a 5.1 MP Camera.
My memory cant hold many pictures.
I brought a 1GB memory card.
It can hold alot of pictures.
I have only gotten 87 pictures on there and it still had memory left.
Try a 1GB or more card!
Make sure it is the right one 4 your camera!
2007-05-13 10:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by I ♥ ♪♫ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Typical average is
1.3 MP 25
2 MP 20
3 MP 16
4 MP 14
5 MP 11
6 MP 8
7 MP 6
Rule of thumb 1.3 MP is 500K
Add 250K for each additional MP
Hence 3 MP is 1 MB
2007-05-13 10:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, that is not right at all, where did you hear that?
the amount of photos you can take depends on the size of the memory card you have.
what kind of camera do you have?
2007-05-13 09:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by Gordo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it all depends on the amount of memory you have, for instance, if you have a 512mb card, you will have more pictures than a 256mb card.
2007-05-13 09:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋