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The full 35mm photo sensor

This is a large photosensor that is (more or less) the same size of the traditional 35mm film.

A lucky coincidence

Digital cameras rely on image sensors instead of photographic film to capture images. For analog photography, the 35mm film had established it over many years. The size of the film also determined the parameters of the lenses as they needed to be designed in a way to illuminate the full size of the film. Once digital cameras started appearing, the film was replaced by an image sensor that could convert the light intensity to an electrical signal.

At this point it was actually a coincidence that it was still possible to manufacture image sensors the size of 35mm film, roughly 36mm by 24mm. The beauty of this was that, new digital cameras could continue to use all the lenses developed for 35mm film directly.

Full frame equipment on this wiki

Cameras

Canon EOS RP, Nikon D850, Nikon D750, Nikon D610, Nikon D700

Lenses

These pages are for Amateur Photographers and not really for seasoned photographers and professionals. I have no affiliation or commercial interest with any brand/make. I write from my own experience. I ended up using mainly Nikon, so I am more familiar with this brand than others. See price for notes on pricing as well as photography related links.

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-'''12 [[Megapixel]] [[APS-C]]'''<br>
+[[Digital]] [[cameras]] rely on image sensors instead of photographic film to capture images. For [[analog]] photography, the 35mm film had established it over many years. The size of the film also determined the parameters of the [[lenses]] as they needed to be designed in a way to illuminate the full size of the film. Once [[digital]] cameras started appearing, the film was replaced by an image sensor that could convert the light intensity to an electrical signal.
-It was a complete coincidence that I ended up buying this camera. I was using smaller compact cameras and wanted to try my hand in something better. It came with a kit [[Nikon 18-105]] lens. I still use this camera, in fact a good portion of my pictures on the [https://twitter.com/pulp_platform PULP Platform twitter page] are made with it. The shutter count is over 60'000 (in more than 10 years), so that gives you some idea on how many pictures you end up making as an extremely trigger happy [[Amateur photography|amateur photographer]].
-I loved this camera so much that I bought a second one [[New or used|used]] as part of preparing these pages. This second D90 is in great shape.
+At this point it was actually a coincidence that it was still possible to manufacture image sensors the size of 35mm film, roughly 36mm by 24mm. The beauty of this was that, new digital cameras could continue to use all the [[lenses]] developed for 35mm film directly.
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+=== Further Reading ===
+* [[Combine APS-C and full frame cameras]]
+* [[Most equipment is more than good enough]]
+=== Full frame equipment on this wiki===
+====[[Cameras]]====
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