Idea for higher resolution square photos with the X-T1

[Frankos]

When you make square pictures (ratio 1:1) with the Fuji X-T1, only a part of the sensor will be used. Why does Fuji not make the sensor bigger (higher)?

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You can still use the same lenses but the quality of square pictures will increase. 

[PatrickB]

Well we might as well go all out and ask for a circular sensor... No more worrying about leveling out the camera and every possible crop you can think of ( 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4) without sacrificing too much of the resolution.

[milandro]

Funny you should say so @PatrickB, the original Kodak format was round,  after all the lenses produce an image circle not an image square or rectangle  

 

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The reason why Fuji doesn’t do that is because they buy a sensor with this size, a bigger sensor would cost a fortune and make cameras cost a fortune too.

 

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[PatrickB]

True... Square/rectangular is cheaper and easier to create in the digital world... We can always dream though .

[milandro]

I already wrote this here in another “ dream” thread.

 

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[Vidalgo]

quality of square pictures will increase. 

Nope. For every lens, IQ degrades from center to edges, less or more. Rectangle sensor gets part of the image circle, with best resolution in the center and some soft corners/edges. With square crop of the same sensor we get less pixels, true, but overall picture quality is best due to best optic resolution and uniformity. With bigger square sensor we probably get more pixels, but most of these extra pixels falls to areas with lesser quality goes from lens, so uniformity will drops and we get even lower overall quality.

[Frankos]

Hmmm...sounds reasonable Vidalgo. The center of the lens is optically the best. But the rectangle's edges (the short edges) are further away from the center than the square edges. So quality of is edges in case of square format will probably better then the right and left edge of the rectangle format. But building a bigger sensor is expensive and maybe not worthwhile.

[Vidalgo]

But the rectangle's edges (the short edges) are further away from the center than the square edges. So quality of is edges in case of square format will probably better then the right and left edge of the rectangle format.

Good point, thanks.