Digital photos can be viewed in many different ways, but more than likely you will be viewing them on computer screens or on printed paper. Most prints will be on standard paper sizes such as 4X6 or 5X7.

But every now and again, you may have that special photo that you want to make an enlargement of. The quality of print enlargements depends on you digital camera mega pixels figure.

There is a certain resolution referred to as number of pixels in each digital photo that you take. Pixels can be represented by one number or sometimes as two numbers depicting the number of pixels over the X axis and the number of the Y axis (multiply these two numbers together to determine the total number of pixels in the digital photo).

You are printing these digital pixels onto paper each time you print a digital photo. If the paper size is big relative to the photo resolution, the quality of the print will be poor. Poor quality is often seen by pixelization or the ability to actually see the individual pixels on the print.

That leads us to the question of how do you determine the largest print possible from a particular digital photo? There really is no one exact answer. Not only do the number of pixels help determine photo quality, other factors such as how much detail is in the photo or what the lighting were also play a role.

Even the number of pixels can be argued as different people have different views on what is acceptable print quality.