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<blockquote data-quote="SHAkers718" data-source="post: 429873" data-attributes="member: 37805"><p>"The image sensor of Four Thirds and MFT is commonly referred to as a <em>4/3" type</em> or <em>4/3 type</em> sensor (inch-based sizing system is derived from now obsolete <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube" target="_blank">video camera tubes</a>). The sensor measures 18 mm × 13.5 mm (22.5 mm diagonal), with an imaging area of 17.3 mm × 13.0 mm (21.6 mm diagonal), comparable to the frame size of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_film" target="_blank">110 film</a>.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Four_Thirds_system#cite_note-Olympus-Europe_4.2F3-4" target="_blank">[4]</a>[/SUP] Its area, ca. 220 mm², is approximately 30% less than the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C" target="_blank">APS-C</a> sensors used in other manufacturers' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLR" target="_blank">DSLRs</a>, yet is around 9 times larger than the 1/2.5" sensors typically used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_digital_camera" target="_blank">compact digital cameras</a>.</p><p></p><p> The Four Thirds system uses a 4:3 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_%28image%29" target="_blank">image aspect ratio</a>, in common with other compact digital cameras but unlike APS-C or full-frame DSLRs which usually adhere to the 3:2 aspect ratio of the traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/135_film" target="_blank">35 mm</a> format. Thus the "Four Thirds" refers to both the size of the image and the aspect ratio of the sensor." -Knaur (October 1, 2002). <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021205033057/http://www.a-digital-eye.com/Olympus43Q&A.html" target="_blank">"Interview"</a>. A Digital Eye. Archived from <a href="http://www.a-digital-eye.com/Olympus43Q&A.html" target="_blank">the original</a> on December 5, 2002.</p><p></p><p>I think the lens mount is more incidental and a by-product of the MFT sensor format and not what determines if a camera is a micro four thirds camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SHAkers718, post: 429873, member: 37805"] "The image sensor of Four Thirds and MFT is commonly referred to as a [I]4/3" type[/I] or [I]4/3 type[/I] sensor (inch-based sizing system is derived from now obsolete [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube"]video camera tubes[/URL]). The sensor measures 18 mm × 13.5 mm (22.5 mm diagonal), with an imaging area of 17.3 mm × 13.0 mm (21.6 mm diagonal), comparable to the frame size of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_film"]110 film[/URL].[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Four_Thirds_system#cite_note-Olympus-Europe_4.2F3-4"][4][/URL][/SUP] Its area, ca. 220 mm², is approximately 30% less than the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS-C"]APS-C[/URL] sensors used in other manufacturers' [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLR"]DSLRs[/URL], yet is around 9 times larger than the 1/2.5" sensors typically used in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_digital_camera"]compact digital cameras[/URL]. The Four Thirds system uses a 4:3 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_%28image%29"]image aspect ratio[/URL], in common with other compact digital cameras but unlike APS-C or full-frame DSLRs which usually adhere to the 3:2 aspect ratio of the traditional [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/135_film"]35 mm[/URL] format. Thus the "Four Thirds" refers to both the size of the image and the aspect ratio of the sensor." -Knaur (October 1, 2002). [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20021205033057/http://www.a-digital-eye.com/Olympus43Q&A.html"]"Interview"[/URL]. A Digital Eye. Archived from [URL="http://www.a-digital-eye.com/Olympus43Q&A.html"]the original[/URL] on December 5, 2002. I think the lens mount is more incidental and a by-product of the MFT sensor format and not what determines if a camera is a micro four thirds camera. [/QUOTE]
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