Thinking out loud about sensor size.

Blacktop

Senior Member
As I'm cropping more and more of my shots at 16X9, is it crazy to think that a 16X9 sensor would actually make sense sometime in the future?

Would it be even possible? I think landscape photographers especially would love this.
 

Samo

Senior Member
It has already been done and it never caught on.

16 x 9 Is a cinematic format. A modern compromise for the old letterbox stuff. On the big screen they do not care about the extraneous elements in fact they want that room. It's a moving picture so they can more easily get away with it. Stills it is a more difficult proposition.

It does make you wonder though with all of our tv, phone, and computer screens set up at that aspect.
 

Woodyg3

Senior Member
Contributor
I crop to 16x9 a lot too, but I don't think I'd want a sensor of that size unless I was just shooting video. I also crop to 8x10 quite a bit.
 
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