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Why are full-frame SLR cameras so big?

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Roberto de La Tour

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Why are full-frame SLR cameras so big?

4 months ago

I mean, remember film 35mm heroic times? Remember the "tiny" Pentax MX and ME super? Afrer all the fundamental optical laws of focal distance etc did not change, no? And electronics and battery space could fit where film was, no?

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