Mike G
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Probably a dumb question but what does APSC stand for?
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APSC
- Thread starter Mike G
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- Matt
Advanced Photo System type C (APS-C - Wikipedia) - the first three letters actually mean the sensor format as opposed to 35mm, but I don't have any idea how the C came about.
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grebeman
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- Barrie
Surely the clue to the "C" is in the first line of the Wikipedia page referred to by Matt above. APS was a film format introduced by Kodak in 1996 with three format sizes, APS-H, APS-C and APS-P. The C was from Classic which had a format size of 25.1 x 16.7 mm. Further information is from Advanced Photo System - Wikipedia linked in the page referred to by Matt.
Barrie
Barrie
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LOL - should have read on, then ... But frankly, I already knew that APS-C covered roughly the same "half frame" as the original APS film format, so, roughly 50% of the 35mm format and the "Classic" moniker. I also seem to remember that APS-H has a crop factor of 1.33 (Leica M8, Sigma in their latest (and most probably last) sd Quattro H model). Thanks for the clarification.
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When Canon had the 1D line split, some of those cameras were APS-H. If the body designation was 1D, it had the APS-H sensor. These were marketed more for sports and wildlife photographers. With those bodies having the high speed shutters, faster AF, etc. Then Canon had the 1Ds bodies which were full frame. Aimed at portrait, fashion, and wedding photographers. Although the 1D bodies also worked very well for portraits, etc.
