Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R lenses and Olympus E-510
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Apr 14 18:21:06 2008
 
> Mark, check this site out: 
> http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/sensor-size.html
> 
> The APS-C sensor is not a whole lot bigger than the 4/3 sensor,
> especially on the vertical height dept. Any noise complaints about
> 4/3 can be applied to APS-C!
> 
> At 04:29 PM 4/14/2008, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>


"a whole lot bigger" a relative phrase
18x13.5mm with a diagonal of 22.5mm is 4/3
18 * 13.5
= 243
Vs:
23.6x15.8mm, 
23.6 * 15.8
= 372.88
Aps-c
 
Or a 1.5 vs. a 2 X difference from full frame 24x36

Its a different format for sure.
A clear and present difference.

Mark William Rabiner
markrabiner.com
In reply to: Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Leica R lenses and Olympus E-510)