How many pictures can I store on a CD or DVD?

How many pictures can I store on a CD or DVD?

A standard CD has a storage capacity of 700 MB, and a standard single-sided DVD has a storage capacity of 4.7 GB. The number of pictures that can be stored on a CD or DVD depends on the file size of each picture, which increases as picture resolution does. Due to these differing file sizes, it is difficult to state an exact number of pictures that can fit on, but the table below has some good estimates:

Size of File    Approximate Pictures on CD    Approximate Pictures on DVD
500 KB                 1400                                          9400
1 MB                    700                                           4700
2 MB                     350                                           2350
3 MB                    233                                          1566
5 MB                    140                                             940


Note: These estimates are the maximum picture counts per CD or DVD. Actual counts may be less than these estimates, due to disc formatting.