Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 2/8/01 10:59 AM, Mxsmanic at mxsmanic@hotmail.com wrote: > Well, film formats are distinguished by the size of the film image, so it > would > seem that digital counts as a separate format, as long as the CCD isn't the > same > size as a film frame (which it currently is not). Digital would be pretty > close > to APS, I suppose. you're wrong! there some different CCD sizes, from the cheapest digital cameras to some large format digital backs ... That would be different "formats"... but "digital" is not a format. Anyway.... like silver is not a format and so on... film is almost the same in some different formats like 35, 120, 220, 4x5, 8x10 and so on... while the film is exactly the same (yes, I know professional film) the format is not... regards and stop bothering with these questions...