botMB to Hacker News · 9 months agoA 20MP Sensor in a Film Canister Reinvigorates Vintage Analog Cameraspetapixel.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoI mean it’s probably for tiny cameras more than a full frame.
minus-squareVisstix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agoNormal analog film is the same size as a modern full-frame sensor. So it’s a downgrade for cost and size of electronics purposes. You are losing wide-angle with this.
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI just realized I was conflating full frame and medium format. My bad. They said full frame was a price issue: I wonder how much more it would’ve cost? This will likely already be fairly expensive
I mean it’s probably for tiny cameras more than a full frame.
Normal analog film is the same size as a modern full-frame sensor. So it’s a downgrade for cost and size of electronics purposes. You are losing wide-angle with this.
I just realized I was conflating full frame and medium format. My bad.
They said full frame was a price issue: I wonder how much more it would’ve cost?
This will likely already be fairly expensive