Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Image Sensor Optical Format

Optical format
The optical format is defined as the diagonal length of the sensor (in mm) divided by 16.
1" 16x12.8mm
2/3" 8.8x6.6mm
1/2" 8x4.6mm

Full Frame DSLR Camera Sensors Sony, Canon, Nikon (Renesas), CMOSIS (STMicroelectronics)

Image sensor format (APS-C 23x15mm)
Table of sensor sizes

Four Thirds system (17.3x13mm)
List of film formats
35mm Digital Sensor Comparison Chart vs Super 35mm
Super 35 (24.89×18.66 mm)
35 mm film (22x16mm)

Sony Cybershot DSC-P1 3MP 2000?
*Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D 6MP 2003?
Canon PowerShot S400 4MP 2003?
*Canon Digital Rebel XT 350D 8MP 1/2006
Canon PowerShot SD600 $281 6MP 7/3/2006
Sony DSC-TX7 10MP 3/2010
Panasonic DMC-TS3 $214 12MP 2/1/2012
*Canon EOS-M with 22mm f/2 $250 9/4/2014 

DPreview Camera feature search comparison results
HDR
Optical Image Stabilization
GPS
Weight
Touch Screen

Superzoom:
Panasonic DC-ZS80 TZ95 2/2019 no more compact superzoom
Sony DSC-HX99 smaller, lighter 9/2018

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS35 same as ZS30 with tilting screen GPS '14
*Panasonic DMC-ZS30 20X 18MP 24-480mm, f/3.3-6.4, GPS $400 '13
Sony DSC-WX350 20X 18MP 25-500mm, f/3.5-6.5, no GPS, small '14
Panasonic DMC-ZS25 20X 16MP 24-480mm, f/3.3-6.4, no GPS, bigger than WX350, same size as ZS30 '13
*Panasonic DMC-ZS20 20X 14MP 24-480mm GPS $350 -> $250 -> $170 '12

*Panasonic DMC-ZS40 30X 18MP 24-720mm, f/3.3-6.4, GPS, raw '14
*Sony DSC-HX50V 30X 20MP, 24-720mm, f/3.5-6.3, GPS, $450 -> $270 '13

Sony DSC-TX200V 18MP 28-140mm, lightweight

Panasonic DMC-LF1 1/1.7" sensor 28-200mm, f/2.0-5.9, no GPS $500


Large Superzoom
*Panasonic DMC-FZ70 60X 16MP 20-1200mm, f/2.8-5.9, raw, no GPS $400 -> $250, '13
Sony DSC-H400 63.3X 25-1550mm, no GPS '14

dpreview camera search
Sensor type: BSI-CMOS
HD mode: 1920x1080
Video: Stereo
Effective pixels: 12 and higher
Custom white balance
Image stabilization: Optical (15)
Max aperture: F2.8 and brighter
Zoom wide (W): 24mm (equiv.) and wider
Weight: 0 – 150 g (0.00 – 0.33 lb)
Face detection
Touch screen

* Sony IMX078CQK Exmor R
■ Diagonal 7.81 mm (Type 1/2.3)12.40M-effective pixels (4072H × 3044V)
■ Pixel size: 1.55 μm unit pixel
■ Supports 12.40M-pixel imaging at 42 frame/s
■ Back-illuminated CMOS image sensor that achieves both higher pixel counts and higher sensitivity
■ Achieves full HD video imaging: 1920H × 1080V pixels at 60 frame/s

* Sony IMX050XQK Exmor R
■ Diagonal 7.59 mm (Type 1/2.3) 10.34M-effective pixels (3720H × 2780V)
■ Pixel size: 1.65 µm unit pixel
■ Achieves the high-speed performance of 50 frame/s imaging with 10.34M pixels
■ Back-illuminated structure that achieves both higher pixel counts and higher sensitivity
HDTV video (1440 × 1080)

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