The 1-inch Sensor Myth (Fraud?)

[Loswr]

It is just that the manufacturers do not want us to know what the sensor size is.

They tell you the actual focal length of the lens and the 35mm equivalent. Is the math really so difficult?!?

 

[martti]

It is just that the manufacturers do not want us to know what the sensor size is.

They tell you the actual focal length of the lens and the 35mm equivalent. Is the math really so difficult?!?

A good one! ;D

 

[JumboShrimp]

OP here. Just saw the attached newspaper article regarding Subway's issues with their "foot long" hot dog. Anyone think this is the same issue concerning misrepresentation? (A bit tongue-in-cheek, of course. ;D )

 

[martti]

This clip was from Australia where they have already adapted the metric (SI) system.

 

[Loswr]

This clip was from Australia where they have already adapted the metric (SI) system.

Yeah, but the TV jingle would suck: "Five-dollar, five-dollar...five-dollar thirty-point-five centimeter looooong."

 

[Hillsilly]

Subway thought they could fool Australians by selling selling us smaller sandwiches. And they got away with it for years because nobody outside of the US or Liberia has any idea what an inch, foot or pound is. But luckily one smart bloke realized it is meant to be 30.5cm and for the next four years, we're all going to get bigger sandwiches. Yay!.

I'm sure the guys in Japan were thinking the same way with their 1" sensor. It sounds pretty big, and 99% of the world wouldn't know better and the other 1% would be thinking, "well..you've got take into account the thickness of the valve housing..." But now that the few dozen of us who have read this thread know that an inch is meant to be 25.4mm, and we've learnt that is way, way bigger than their sensor, I think the game is up. I can see a class action coming.

 

[kphoto99]

Australia is not the first one to sue Subway for a to short of a sandwich.

The same happen is US last year:

http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/10/21/subway-settles-lawsuit-over-too-short-footlongs.html

 

[JumboShrimp]

OP here (yes again, sorry).

Just a casual survey to see how the various manufacturers call their 1-inch sensors (quotes from their own websites, not website reviews):

Canon G7XMK2: 1.0-inch
Nikon DL18-50: 1.0 inch type
Lumix FZ1000: 1-inch
Sony RX10: 1.0 in type (13.2x8.8mm)

Interesting that some of them add the ".0" as if to add more accuracy to something that is inherently inaccurate. Also interesting that Sony clarifies the actual size (Kudos to Sony). Confusion abounds, I guess.