Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The question should not be, "what are the dimensions of the sensor?" Rather, it should be "what is the qualilty of the image?" Somehow there seems to be general amnesia about the literally decades of scoffing at the 'tiny,' 'toy' 35 mm negative. Now, in an era when there are 35 mm digital sensors matching higher speed 2 1/4 films, the only important question is whether a particular sensor size can produce the image quality YOU - or your client - requires. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:42:22 To:Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Sensor Size visual chart 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information