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Common Image Sensor Sizes

DPR link:  http://www.dpreview.com/news/0210/02100402sensorsizes.asp

Table keywords: "Type" refers to the commonly used type designation for sensors, "Aspect Ratio" refers to the ratio of width to height, "Dia." refers to the diameter of now-imaginary old 50's TV camera vidicon tube size (this is simply the type covertered to millimeters), "Diagonal / Width / Height" are the dimensions of the sensors image producing area.





Sensor (mm)


Type

Aspect Ratio

Dia. (mm)

Diagonal

Width

Height

1/3.6"

4:3

7.056

5.000

4.000

3.000

1/3.2"

4:3

7.938

5.680

4.536

3.416

1/3"

4:3

8.467

6.000

4.800

3.600

1/2.7"

4:3

9.407

6.592

5.270

3.960

1/2"

4:3

12.700

8.000

6.400

4.800

1/1.8"

4:3

14.111

8.933

7.176

5.319

2/3"

4:3

16.933

11.000

8.800

6.600

1"

4:3

25.400

16.000

12.800

9.600

4/3"

4:3

33.867

22.500

18.000

13.500

Canon EOS


n/a


22.7

15.1

APS-C

3:2

n/a

30.100

25.100

16.700

35 mm

3:2

n/a

43.300

36.000

24.000

645

4:3

n/a

69.700

56.000

41.500

Implementation examples

Below is a list of a few digital cameras (as examples) and their sensor size.


Camera

Sensor Type

Pixel count

Sensor size


Canon PowerShot A100

1/3.2" CCD

1.3 million

4.5 x 3.4 mm

Canon PowerShot A200

1/3.2" CCD

2.1 million

4.5 x 3.4 mm

Casio QV-8000SX

1/3" CCD

1.3 million

4.8 x 3.6 mm

Minolta DiMAGE X

1/2.7" CCD

2.1 million

5.3 x 4.0 mm

Minolta DiMAGE Xi

1/2.7" CCD

3.3 million

5.3 x 4.0 mm

Nikon Coolpix 950

1/2" CCD

2.1 million

6.4 x 4.8 mm

Nikon Coolpix 995

1/1.8" CCD

3.3 million

7.2 x 5.3 mm

Nikon Coolpix 4500

1/1.8" CCD

4.1 million

7.2 x 5.3 mm

Olympus C-5050 Zoom

1/1.8" CCD

5.2 million

7.2 x 5.3 mm

Sony DSC-F717

2/3" CCD

5.2 million

8.8 x 6.6 mm

Minolta DiMAGE 7Hi

2/3" CCD

5.2 million

8.8 x 6.6 mm

Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom

2/3" CCD

8.3 total 8.0 efectiv


Minolta DiMAGE A1

2/3" CCD

8.3 total 8.0 efective

8.8 x 6.6 mm

Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2

2/3" CCD

8.3 total 8.0 efective


Olympus E-1

4/3" CCD

total 5.6
active 5.1
output 4.9

18.0 x 13.5 mm
active 17.4 x 13.1 mm

Canon EOS-D30

CMOS

3.2 million

22.7 x 15.1 mm

Canon EOS 300D (Rebel Digital)

CMOS

Total 6.5 million (3152x 2068)
6.3 million (3072x 2048)

22.7 x 15.1 mm

Nikon D1

CCD

2.7 million

23.7 x 15.6 mm

Nikon D100

CCD

6.3 million

23.7 x 15.6 mm

Canon EOS-1Ds

CMOS

11.4 million

36 x 24 mm
eff.  35.8 x 23.8 mm

Kodak DSC-14n

CMOS

13.8 million

36 x 24 mm