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10 years 2 months ago #351069 by ArtWagner
Lens are round so you could use any aspect ratio and have little loss of pixels.  Right?
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10 years 2 months ago #351071 by Stealthy Ninja
You really want to try and frame a circular picture?

Seems like a waste of potential sensor on the wafer to have a bunch of circles cut out too. So much potential sensors wasted because you have to throw away the bits between. Also, it would be difficult to make I suspect..
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10 years 2 months ago #351073 by ArtWagner
The images would take up the entire sensor, leaving you the ability to set the size to what you want.  
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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #351081 by Stealthy Ninja
So you want the OPTION of shooting a circle?

Because if you want something limited to a rectangle, then a FF camera is the max size you can get and be covered by the lens' circle. Above that you'd start to get curved edges.

I just don't see the point. There's a very small market for such a camera.
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10 years 2 months ago #351367 by Remy Hedrick
That would be a strange camera, but then again the exterior would change in looks, just the interior.  
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10 years 2 months ago #351485 by Joves
The rectangular design works well is why. They do make square cameras though for film, and have for years that utilize more of the image circle. Granted you could use the whole circle but the problem is, and always has been loss of image quality at the edges of the circle. Now sure you would be cropping them out, but why when the manufacturers have already set it up so you are using the best parts of the image circle.
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10 years 2 months ago #351511 by Baydream
Back to the basics. Sensors are cut from large wafers of silicon. As Adrian mentioned, waste would be created around every sensor, not just at the edges. The cost difference between full-frame and crop sensors is partially due to the HUGE reduction in sensors that can be cut from a single wafer (only 20 FF sensors can be cut from a single 8" wafer whereas 200 APS sensors can come from the same wafer). A single scratch could ruin all 20 vs a much smaller number of APS.

The number of round sensors that could be cut from a wafer would depend on the size. 

Note: Remember the full-frame is an arbitrary 35mm reaching back to the film era. 
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10 years 2 months ago #351623 by Stealthy Ninja

Baydream wrote: Back to the basics. Sensors are cut from large wafers of silicon. As Adrian mentioned, waste would be created around every sensor, not just at the edges. The cost difference between full-frame and crop sensors is partially due to the HUGE reduction in sensors that can be cut from a single wafer (only 20 FF sensors can be cut from a single 8" wafer whereas 200 APS sensors can come from the same wafer). A single scratch could ruin all 20 vs a much smaller number of APS.

The number of round sensors that could be cut from a wafer would depend on the size. 

Note: Remember the full-frame is an arbitrary 35mm reaching back to the film era. 



Yeh and also it's harder to ensure all the photosites on a FF sensor work (because it's bigger).
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