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Hi all,
I was wondering, do people place importance on the "sensor size" when choosing a dslr camera? Is it my imagination that Nikon sensors (on the whole) are larger than Canon? just a harmless query Whiting |
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Canon dSLRs use three different sizes of image sensors: 36 x 24mm ('Full Frame'), 28.1 x 18.7mm ('APS-H'), and 22.3 x 14.9mm ('APS-C').
Nikon dSLRs use two differnet size imeage sensors: 36 x 24mm ('Full Frame'), and 23.6 x 15.8mm ('APS-C'). Is it important? That depends on what you want to do. If you want to shoot landscape with an entry level APS-C dSLR, you might be better off with a Nikon because of its slightly wider angle of view. But if you want to shoot wildlife with an entry level APS-C dSLR, you might be better off with a Canon because of its slightly narrower angle of view. But in general, there are more important reasons for selecting one over another.
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TCav: appart from sensor sizes, are they different in terms of IQ? Is one sensor better than other? Who's fabricating sensors for the digital camera market?
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To my knowledge, Sony, Samsung and Kodak are the biggest OEM manufacturers of image sensors. Canon makes their own for their dSLRs and probably for some of their P&S digicams, but they don't sell their image sensors to other companies.
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There's greater pressure in the low end of the market for higher resolution, but the latest releases of 'Full Frame' dSLRs all have 20+ MP image sensors.
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[ETA: I checked the ADC on the k-X: it is 12 bits. So my simple-minded idea of why the k-X has so much less headroom in its raw format is not true. I just don' know what accounts for this limtation in that camera.] Last edited by tclune; Jun 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM. |
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For best results at higher ISO speeds for existing light shooting, the D3s is hard to beat, with improved IQ compared to the D3 and D700 (which also used Nikon designed 12MP full frame sensors). |
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small size difference between the Canon APS-C and Nikon DX sensors is not significant. There will be a noticeable difference in performance when you compare sensors with a radically different size. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format |
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