Micro 4 3 Sensor Size

When considering buying an advanced camera with interchangeable lenses the choice of the camera sensor size is inevitable.

Micro 4 3 sensor size.

Hasselblad x1d ii 50c sony a7r iv sony a6600 and panasonic gh5. It is around 9 times larger than the 1 2 3 sensors typically used in compact digital cameras. Dslr cameras are better at shooting motion while the micro 4 3 s offer longer focal lengths. 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.

Special thanks to our friends at lensprotogo and datacolor for helping us make this comparison possible. A depth of field that is deeper and generally sharper than larger sensors captured on a sensor with sufficient surface area to keep iso low enough to avoid noisy images while keeping a shutter speed fast enough to prevent blur due to subject. For some photographers a micro four thirds sensor size gives a nice optimum for good macro shots. The common inch based sizing system is derived from vacuum image sensing video camera tubes which are now obsolete the imaging area of a four thirds sensor is equal to that of a video camera tube of 4 3 inch diameter.

Micro 4 3 s cameras have a larger sensor size than compact digital cameras which will provide you with better image quality but the large sensor will also make macro capability and close focusing more difficult. We compare 4 sensor sizes to see how they compare in print image quality. 220 mm is approximately 30 less than the aps c sensors used in other manufacturers dslrs. Before the introduction of mirrorless cameras dslrs were the kings in this field and mainly proposed two sensor sizes.

See how much difference there is in the medium full frame aps c and micro 4 3 sensors. The name of the system stems from the size of the image sensor used in the cameras which is commonly referred to as a 4 3 type or 4 3 type sensor. 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. 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.

Aps c and full frame sensor over the past 10 years or so another format has made its appearance with some mirrorless cameras the micro 4 3. There is a common misconception that there is a big difference between the sizes of aps c and micro four thirds sensors.