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APS-C was a compromise format. It aided in making both bodies and lenses smaller and lighter, thereby enabling a cheaper product that could be marketed at the c
by glitchc 6y ago
APS-C was a compromise format. It aided in making both bodies and lenses smaller and lighter, thereby enabling a cheaper product that could be marketed at the consumer level (amateur and family photogs). Pros who came from the film world almost entirely migrated to the full-frame format, noting that full-frame is actually smaller than 35 mm film, and 35 mm film was on the lower end of film size itself (compared to medium and large formats).
- brudgers 6y agoAPS-C is compatible with super 35 format (approximately 24mm x 18mm). It appears in digital consumer cameras because APS-C size sensors make sense for film-making...because super 35 made sense for film making. It made sense for movie film because wide-screen images could be made on 35mm film using spherical lenses which are simpler and hence cheaper than anamorphic lenses. Digitally, APS-C sensors made even more sense as television (and video) moved away from 4:3 ratio. APS-C stills cameras introduced by Kodak in the days before digital became common is another story...or the same story of Kodak trying to lock in a proprietary system (that story goes back to the first Kodak cameras).