Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Mar 1, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> A reason why the X1 is a big deal. >> Same size or smaller camera. Twice the a acreage. Or darned close >> to it. > > However a CCD with a pixel size of only 6.8 (same size as M8 and 9) > >> A reason why the S2 is a big deal. >> Same size or smaller camera. Twice the a acreage. Or darned close >> to it. > > However a CCD with a pixel size of only 6.0 (smaller than above) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > I'm guessing the X1 an APS-2 format camera has a pixel size much bigger than the 4/3s bodies its competing against as they are the same size or bigger. Its a point and shoot. The S2 is competing against both Hasselblad medium format cameras and the 24x36mm super cameras like the D3x and with a sensor size in between to two. I'd assume that PIXEL PITCH size reflects this but I don't know for sure. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner