True. The price of an IC goes up pretty much by the square of the area.
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John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:17:49AM +0200, Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm)
sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of
these sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
It's not difficult - just expensive.
An APS-C sensor costs perhaps $500. A so-called "full frame"
sensor, of about twice the area, doesn't cost $1000 - it's more
like $2500. And the larger sensor for the MF digital is perhaps
closer to $6000.
Nobody in their right mind is going to put a $6000 sensor in a
camera, and then mask it down so it acts like a $2500 sensor.
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