1 5 Sensor Cameras

Therefore these cameras are equipped with lenses that are about one fifth of the focal lengths that would be typical on a 35 mm point and shoot film camera.

1 5 sensor cameras. It varies by manufacturer canon is 1 6x and nikon is 1 5x but we ll use 1 5 as an example here. Best big sensor compact camera for 2017 sony rx10 iii we have selected the best compact camera for you. This weird and confusing way of designating sensor sizes dates back to the 50s and is related to the way the first vidicon tv cameras were described. The camera has a brand new large 1 5 inch 18 7 x 14mm 14 3 megapixel high sensitivity canon cmos sensor delivering shallow depth of field a wide dynamic range an iso range of up to 12800 and incredible light gathering ability helping to ensure brilliant images in even tough low light conditions.

In 2017 canon announced its g1 x big 1 stacked cmos sensor compact the price is also too big approx 1600 see g1 x at amazon its the best compact camera ever made it comes with 24 3 mp high sensitivity cmos sensor. The nokia 808 surpasses compact cameras with its 41 million pixels 1 1 2 sensor. The nikon 1 series uses a 1 sensor. 1 1 7 inch 7 6mm by 5 7mm.

The true diagonal is approximately two thirds of the specified size. Update on sensor size. The nokia n8 s 1 1 83 sensor was the largest in a phone in late 2011. Crop sensor cameras or aps c cameras have smaller sensors and the resulting image magnification is called the crop factor as you can see in action in the images above.

Sensor sizes of around 1 6 are common in camera phones webcams and digital camcorders. In terms of point and shoot cameras the sony rx100 brings a 1 inch type sensor to the party and canon has released the not quite a compact g1 x with a 1 5 inch sensor. The g1x s 1 5 sensor would be slightly larger than the m4 3 sensor roughly the same size as sigma s foveon x3 which has 1 7x crop and size of 13 8 x 20 7mm or only slightly smaller than the sensor in canon s aps c dslrs. For example the so called 1 1 8 inch format with a 9 mm sensor diagonal has a crop factor of almost 5 relative to the 43 3 mm diagonal of 35 mm film.