The Hasselblad Manual, 7th Edition

2Image Size and Format in Digital Imaging and Film Photography

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The image size recorded in a digital sensor unit (digital back) or digital camera is determined by the size of the sensor in the camera or digital back. Sensors in Hasselblad digital cameras or digital backs can be 36.7 × 36.7 mm, 33.1 × 44.2 mm, or 36.7 × 49 mm, the largest pres- ently available for any camera, including view cameras.

All of these Hasselblad sensors are much larger than the 23 × 15 mm APS-C sensor used in most professional digital SLR cameras. The Hasselblad sensors are also considerably larger than the 24 × 36 mm full frame sensor found in a few digital SLR cameras. To be more spe- cific, the area of the 36.7 × 49 mm sensor is more than 5X larger than ...