Getting to grips with sensor sizes, thanks to B&H

[Rowland Scherman]

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Rowland : The 2/3" EXR CMOS sensor . How big is that, in mm?
The 2/3" EXR CMOS sensor is an antique way of describing sensor size.
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Rowland: The sensor size system ought to be standardized. To mm x mm.
Rowland: Not alphabet soup, like CMOS or inches like the 1950's TV sensors
Rowland: Get what I mean?

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[Doug Pardee]

Wouldn't it have been easier to have looked here on DPReview to find out that the sensor is 6.6x8.8 mm?
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2011/9/1/fujifilmx10

Oh, sorry. I just looked at your posting history. You're on a crusade, not really interested in the information.

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[Rowland Scherman]

Nope. I really want the industry to standardize, AS WELL AS the info.

 

[Mark B.]

Nope. I really want the industry to standardize, AS WELL AS the info.

So you thought harassing a B&H rep would get the industry to standardize?

 

[henryp]

Rowland: It's up to you, Larry C to fix this.

I am afraid that with all his powers and might, Larry C cannot fix this by himself.

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[Richard Butler]

Rowland: It's up to you, Larry C to fix this.

I am afraid that with all his powers and might, Larry C cannot fix this by himself.

Sadly, there's not a lot we can do, either.

The industry has standardized. But using a confusing, unhelpful and imprecise (different 1/2.3" type sensors need not be exactly the same size), standard.

Richard - dpreview.com

 

[Nell27]

Even APS-C is a little confusing.

How big is an APS-C sensor?

I don't think Sony and Canon would provide the same answer.

 

[henryp]

How big is an APS-C sensor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C

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[Nell27]

Thanks henry, guess what I was trying to say is that APS-C sensors come in different sizes.