Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Digitlux 2 sensor size
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:39:57 -0800
References: <62C4DF6A-30D9-11D8-B1CD-0003938E4330@mac.com>

"David M. Dorn" wrote:
><Snip> 
> 
> (You'll note that none of these dimensions is very close to 2/3 inch.
> In fact, pretty much nothing about a 2/3-inch CCD is 2/3 of an inch; a
> 2/3-inch CCD is simply one that has the same imaging area as a 2/3-inch
> television camera tube. For what it's worth, those dimensions happen
> are very close to those of 16 mm movie film.)"
> 
> A little short of a full frame 35mm I would day!
> 
> David
> 
> --
So a point and shoot digital camera is 16mm and an SLR type digital
camera is half frame it seems we've established this month in our
digital delvings. I'm sure this only means so much.

Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.rabinergroup.com
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In reply to: Message from "David M. Dorn" <dmdorn_ct_usa@mac.com> ([Leica] Re: Digitlux 2 sensor size)