Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but if you rotated it by 90 degrees then it would only be 24mm wide. Look at that red rectangle in the Wikipedia illustration and imagine 6mm added to the top and bottom to give a 36x36 sensor. Some of the resulting square would fall outside of the circle. Steve On 9/5/08 00:15, "Philip Leeson" <pjleeson@mchsi.com> wrote: > Er, umm, I'm pretty sure if you rotate that 24x36mm box in this > illustration, it will still fit in that 36mm circle. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Crop_Factor.JPG> > > The natural circular field of all lenses is made to fit square or > rectangular only by the masking in the lens mount. > > Phil > > On May 8, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > >> No it won't. It's basic geometry. If the lens just covers 36x24 it >> won't >> cover 36x36.