High-end Canon SLR counters Nikon | Tech News on ZDNetCurious. Why introduce another sensor dimension?
As with the 1D Mark II, the sensor is the APS-H size that shrinks the field of view by a factor of 1.3 compared with traditional 35mm film SLRs. That means a 50mm lens on a Mark III has the field of view of a 65mm lens on a traditional film SLR. (The APS-H size is right between the APS-C sensor, which has a 1.6 crop factor and is used in Canon Rebel XTi and 30D SLRs, and the full-frame sensor, which matches 35mm film and is used in the 5D and 1Ds Mark II...
Thursday, February 22, 2007
End of the line for the 35mm full frame sensor?
Canon's latest pro camera uses an APS sized sensor:
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