Question: what is the difference between pixel and megapixel?
Answer: A megapixel (MP) is equal to one million pixels (more or less, it's actually 1,048,576 pixels). The word pixel is made up of the words picture and element. Each pixel captures light and turns it into data. ... A 8 megapixel camera captures 8 million pixels, and a 12 megapixel camera will capture 12 million pixels.