Doug Kerr
Well-known member
"Inches count"
– famed mantra of auto engine enthusiasts.
Klaus Schmidt has suggested, in another thread, if I interpret his terminology correctly, that the most important choice today in digital camera sensor sizes (my paraphrasing of his wording) is between the 15 mm high format (APS-C) (sometimes 15.7 mm high) and the 24-mm high format ("full-frame 35-mm", more often just "full frame").
Klaus actually said "APS" and so, assuming he doesn't mean sensors the size of the APS taken frame (16.7 mm high), perhaps he means to include in the "candidates" the 19 mm high format ("APS-H").
That suggests that the 13 mm high format (Four-Thirds system, Micro Four-Thirds system) is not being seriously considered for any "serious" photographic work.
We however continue to read in this forum of those who have adopted the Micro Four-Thirds system for their basic photographic work.
There was even one guy who announced that he was adopting a camera with a 8.8 mm high format ("one inch") for what passes for his serious photographic work. But that move was abortive, as he determined that he would not be doing any "serious photographic work" in the near future.
At the same time we see new and very attractive cameras introduced using the 24 mm high format, thus further solidifying the role of that format size, and various of the members seem to be adopting some of those.
So what do we see as the actual trend today with regard to sensor size? And why?
Best regards,
Doug