Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]to ressurrect a quaint americanism: "you can't beat cubes" -rei On Dec14 23:50, Mark Rabiner wrote: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/SensorSizes.png > > I've had plans to draw this up myself by Wiki did it for me. > Its good to see this stuff. > > > Print it out! > > Also very good to absorb is the mm2's of each format. > > Why I looked it up is I was checkout out the "Leica" V lux camera which is > gorgeous but has ridiculously tiny 1/1.8" inch sensor which would be > great > for a credit card camera. > 38 mm2's. Square millimeters that's supposed to mean. > > 4/3's is 225 mm2's > APS-C is 379 mm2's > 35mm full frame is 864 mm2's > Medium format in this example is 1977 mm2's > > > Maybe the formats should be named after your fingernails. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey