{"id":1320,"date":"2007-12-16T04:16:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/sensors-does-size-and-type-matter-by-think-camera\/"},"modified":"2007-12-16T04:16:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T20:16:28","slug":"sensors-does-size-and-type-matter-by-think-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/sensors-does-size-and-type-matter-by-think-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensors &#8211; does size and type matter  by Think Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A bit of background<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nEarly optical or photographic devices (such as the camera obscura) were little more than a simple opening &#8211; sometimes with an equally simple lens &#8211; that would allow light to pass through, the goal being to generate an image circle broad enough to cover the area required.<\/p>\n<p>Notice &#8216;image circle&#8217; &#8211; given the physical properties of light, when it passes through an aperture (i.e. opening) it will reform the image as a circular image element; we simply crop this down to a rectangular image for convenience, partly because the image circle will not be sharp or bright to the very edges, nor are circular formats consistantly useful: <\/p>\n<p>Full article and further comments:<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkcamera.com\/news\/article\/mps\/UAN\/644\/v\/1\/sp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nSensors &#8211; does size and type matter? by Think Camera<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\nch_client = \"masterchong\";\nch_type = \"mpu\";\nch_width = 300;\nch_height = 250;\nch_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\nch_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\nch_color_title = \"F7AD00\";\nch_color_text = \"F7AD00\";\nch_non_contextual = 1;\nch_nosearch = 1 ;\nch_default_category = \"7185\";\nch_font_title = \"Tahoma\";\nch_font_text = \"Tahoma\";\nch_sid = \"mpu\";\nvar ch_queries = new Array( \"Nikon D80 Digital Camera\");\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {\nch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\n}\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/mm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3613451236603523\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text\";\n\/\/2007-07-07: content\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"5575075088\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"F7AD00\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"666666\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"F7AD00\";\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>{mos_ri}<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\nch_client = \"masterchong\";\nch_type = \"rpu\";\nch_alternate_css_url = \"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/static\/masterchongrpu.css\";\nch_noprice = \"1\";\nch_target = \"_blank\";\nch_width = 468;\nch_height = 90;\nch_nosearch = 1;\nch_non_contextual = 1;\nch_default_category = \"7185\";\nch_sid = \"masterchong RPU\";\nvar ch_queries = new Array( \"Nikon D80 Digital Camera\");\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/mm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photography has advanced considerably from its conception into the digital age. Along with such advancements come additional complications &#8211; different sensor types, a variety of sensor sizes, formats and files! So what does it all mean, and why does it even matter?<br \/>\nRead what Mike Lowe has to say.<\/p>\n<p>The article covers some background on photography, image circles, optics, crop factor, sensor sizes, CCD and CMOS. A very informative article to read.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mosimage\"  style=\" float: center; margin: 5px;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/SensorSize.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\" hspace=\"6\" alt=\"The current market has cameras with a wide array of sensor sizes and types\" title=\"The current market has cameras with a wide array of sensor sizes and types\" border=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mosimage_caption\">The current market has cameras with a wide array of sensor sizes and types<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2148],"tags":[3634,3633,3635],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorial-techniques","tag-camera-obscura","tag-image-circle","tag-photographic-devices"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}