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Does NX1 body deserve a multiple aspect-ratio sensor?

Started Feb 24, 2014 | Polls thread
hootsmon
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Re: Does NX1 body deserve a multiple aspect-ratio sensor?
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viking79 wrote:

I think an octagon sensor would work fairly well since you could crop it square, wide, or tall, but maybe fit more chips on the wafer than a square chip. I don't know if the cost would be higher for an odd shape or not, maybe they have an easier time cutting rectangular chips.

From a marketing perspective I prefer a standard 4x6 or 3x4 chip in a standard size (135 format, APS-C, 4/3", 1", 2/3", etc). I would tolerate an APS-H, but it becomes a chore to market it, people that buy it might just rather buy APS-C or FF instead.

Eric

I do like your octagon idea, but I have no idea if it could be economically fabbed or not.

But my idea is a lot simpler than that; I'm proposing a slightly (ie. 33%) oversized APS-C sensor.

I've just done the math, and I claim 33% more area is sufficient to capture all 4 aspect-ratios.

Here's a screenie, showing my spreadsheet calcs....

Some hypothetical dimensions, to suit a fictitious NX sensor

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