This most likely uses the Panasonic multiformat sensor which can shoot 16:9, 3:2 and 4:3 all with the same diagonal and pixel count, or a dedicated 16:9 variant. Note the 4:3 aspect ratio is not actually a requirement of the 4/3rds spec (the ~21mm diagonal however is a requirement).
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:45 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I find this a bit odd in that video is primarily 16/9 these days. 4/3rds > would have been good ten years ago. So for most projects much of the sensor > would go unused. Right? > Paul > On Apr 12, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> MBOI >> >> <http://www.dpreview.com/news/1004/10041203panasonicagaf100.asp> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
