Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html