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Human eye resolution?

Asked by clioi (532points) October 25th, 2009

What is a good approximation for the resolution of the human eye in standard megapixels?

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People have estimated around 500–600 megapixels but this is a funny way of talking about our amazing, amazing eyeballs.

More interestingly, our eyes adjust to differences in light and light temperature better than any camera. Go rods and cones!

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MacBean's avatar

“Go rods and cones!” is beautifully geeky, and made me laugh. GA.

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markyy's avatar

Great question by @clioi, and great answer by @nzigler! Welcome to Fluther, and Lurve to the both of you!

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cookieman's avatar

What @markyy said. Welcome to the lagoon.

Great question and answer – I love learning new things

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WhatEvil's avatar

There’s a pretty good page here: http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/eye-resolution.html about not only the resolution, but dynamic range, sensitivity etc.

This page agrees with nzigler and says close to 600MP would be a good estimate.

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thanks very much @nzigler and @WhatEvil ! and thanks everyone else for the welcome!

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