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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

New Sony Full Frame CMOS Sensor - The "Super 35mm"



http://crews.tv/blog/2011/03/22/sony-fs-100-enters/

It is yet a rumour at this stage but it is very likely to be true and official announcement will come very soon.

Well, as it was previously observed, the E-mount is actually 135 full frame compatible!

The most important thing is that Sony now has a new 35mm "Super" CMOS sensor, which is specifically designed for Full HD video recording. And straight-forwardly, it should be able to take high quality still photos at the same time.

The good news and new hope to all those old Pentax K-mount users is that the new Sony FF sensor could possibly be used by Pentax in a coming Pentax FF model, but only if Pentax could get it and more so provided that Pentax is willing to make one!

Update (3-24): I have been mistaken, the "Super 35mm" is not 135 Full Frame format!

See the Sony brochure and we can see:-

http://www.sony.co.uk/res/attachment/file/59/1237480643259.pdf

I must have been dreaming for a Pentax FF for too loooong so that I could not see more about the facts! :-o ;-> Too bad.. :-(


Related:-

Old Question: Will there be a Pentax Full Frame DSLR?

Two Major Meanings of Full Frame

Compatibility of DA Lenses on Full Frame
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Vivianoj · 729 weeks ago

I hope they are.

Most of their primes will work, and I would bet that a number of the zooms would (the higher end ones, anyway).

It would not be hard for them to develop a few extra DA* zooms for the full frame camera, by reissuing a number of the FA zooms.

I don't really want full frame, but I think it would give Pentax a lot more credibility!
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Mistral75 · 729 weeks ago

Super 35 is a motion picture format. The 3-perf Super 35 format is 14mm x 24.89mm. The Sony Exmor™ Super 35mm sensor is actually a bit smaller than that: 13.3mm x 23.6mm. So its diagonal (and image circle) is a bit smaller than APS-C: 27.09mm instead of 28.12mm.

The Sony Exmor™ Super 35mm sensor counts 3.37 Mpixels.

See full brochure: http://www.sony.co.uk/res/attachment/file/59/1237...
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RiceHigh 110p · 729 weeks ago

Oh, too bad.. Why it is called "35mm" then? And why not NEX-VG10, which has an even larger APS-C sensor which has far more pixel count and could take still picture?? :-o :-(
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Mistral75 · 729 weeks ago

You are joking, aren't you? 24x26 is called "35mm" because Leica and others had once the idea to put 35mm film stock in a photo device. So it is the photo universe that did borrow the name from the film universe, not vice versa.

The difference in frame size comes from the fact that film stock is used horizontally in photo cameras and vertically in motion picture cameras. 35mm is the height (photo) / width (motion picture) of the 35mm film stock, including perforations.

Your last sentence only shows that you never used any semi-pro video camera (and probably no NEX-VG10 either). A few concepts to help you understand: pixel count downsizing to obtain FullHD 1,080p from 3.35Mpixels vs. 14Mpixels, aliasing and moire as consequences of such downsizing, native sensitivity (800 ISO for Exmor™ Super 35mm), video throughput and video quality, professional connectors such as XLR ones.
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RiceHigh 110p · 729 weeks ago

Video recording has never been my main application or hobby.
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simbabu · 729 weeks ago

The far more pixel count is not needed for HD video. But with this sensor size you can use your cinema lenses (for example the ones with Arri PL mount) with the same angle of view and DOF. They market it with the E and A lenses for the amateur crowd to have more customers but the pros are very happy to use the "old" cinema lenses.
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OGL · 729 weeks ago

Super 35 mm is motion picture format. It's film era format. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_35

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