Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] Theoretical mp limit?
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:16:23 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
 
Sonny Carter wrote:

>
>Couldn't we have 36x36 sensors with our current lenses to increase useful 
>mp?
>

a 24x36mm sensor's diagonal (the diameter of the image circle) is 43.26mm, 
the diagonal of a 36mm x 36mm sensor would be 50.91mm.  Some lenses can 
handle the larger image circle but not all.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com