Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Total speculation on mine too, but as far as I'm aware there isn't a camera that has the same ratio as A2/3/4 etc., and these are the most common sizes for digital papers. Steve On 10/3/08 17:56, "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: > >> Doug, given that most people print digitally these days wouldn't it make >> more sense if the sensor sides were in the same ratio as A3 etc - 1 for > the >> short side, square root of 2 for the long? I.e 36mm x 25.46mm >> >> Maybe that's what they mean by a larger that full frame sensor? > > That works too. Whatever the actual dimensions turn out to be, my guess is > that the full sensor is proportioned to a common print size so that there > would be significantly more pixels at work for this proportion vs. the same > proportions cropped from a 24mm x 36mm sensor area. Still 100% speculation > on my part.