By: anonymou5 (no.delete@this.spam.com), July 8, 2022 10:29 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Math Nerd (math.nerd.delete@this.nerds.com) on July 8, 2022 4:57 am wrote:
> Why is the largest die that fits on a reticle a rectangle (26mm x 33mm)? I expected it to be a square because
> I thought the optics would be circularly symmetrical and a square is closer to a circle than a rectangle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_DSLR
Don't look at it through a binary cause-vs-effect lense though.
Maybe more along the lines of "this is what things have gravitated towards over time".
> Why is the largest die that fits on a reticle a rectangle (26mm x 33mm)? I expected it to be a square because
> I thought the optics would be circularly symmetrical and a square is closer to a circle than a rectangle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_DSLR
Don't look at it through a binary cause-vs-effect lense though.
Maybe more along the lines of "this is what things have gravitated towards over time".
| Topic | Posted By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | Math Nerd | 2022/07/08 04:57 AM |
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | Doug S | 2022/07/08 06:39 AM |
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | Mark Roulo | 2022/07/08 09:09 AM |
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | anonymou5 | 2022/07/08 10:29 AM |
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | Adrian | 2022/07/08 10:18 PM |
| Shape of largest die that fits on reticle | David Hess | 2022/07/14 04:28 PM |