ChApter 1. digitAl CAmerAs & imAges
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Here is Hasselblad’s 39
Megapixel (36x48mm)
sensor (top) compared
with an 11 Megapixel
full-frame (24x36mm)
sensor from a 35mm
DSLR. Notice how they
differ in both size and
aspect ratio. Courtesy
of Hasselblad.
These examples
illustrate different
aspect ratios. The top
image was sized to fill
the width of a sheet of
11 x 8.5 paper. This
leaves empty bands at
the top and bottom of
the paper. The bottom
image was sized to fill
the height of the paper
but parts of the image
extending past the sides
are left unprinted.
Image sensors in
camera phones are
very small. Courtesy of
OmniVision.