Micro 4 3 Sensor Size Comparison

And secondly if the micro four thirds olympus can produce large prints equal to that of a full frame sensor at half the price is there really any need to spend more than 2 000 on a body.

Micro 4 3 sensor size comparison.

We compare 4 sensor sizes to see how they compare in print image quality. Below compare sensor sizes for digital cameras. It is around 9 times larger than the 1 2 3 sensors typically used in compact digital cameras. I wouldn t recommend a micro 4 3 if you are looking for a high quality performing camera.

Full frame 35mm which is actually 36mm wide aps c micro four thirds 1 inch 1 1 7 and 1 2 5 type. The image sensor of four thirds and mft 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 110 film. For the comparison they took those 12 shots three per camera and fixed the exposure in post to see how much information each sensor was able to retain in both over and under exposed areas. Now if i were to say get a 1inch with 400mm micro 4 3 with a 300mm or an aps c with a 400 500mm.

Initially i expected that the aps c sensor would perform better but it fell short. Panasonic cameras such as the lumix gf5 and offerings from olympus including the pen series and the omd em 5 use a micro four thirds 4 3 inch 17 3 x 13 mm sensor. 220 mm is approximately 30 less than the aps c sensors used in other manufacturers dslrs. Considering all of them are.

In fact as shown on the left the difference is even smaller than the difference between full size and aps c and the micro four thirds sensor is massive compared to popular compact camera sensors. I have a nikon dslr and it blows the low light performance of my micro 4 3 camera out of the water even using similarly slow glass. Hasselblad x1d ii 50c sony a7r iv sony a6600 and panasonic gh5. Special thanks to our friends at lensprotogo and datacolor for helping us make this comparison possible.

This illustration compares digital camera sensor sizes.