Sony's Super 35mm Sensor
This graphic from Sony's website shows the size of the sensor used in the Sony PMW-F3 and NEX-FS100 vs35mm Motion Picture Film and the Micro Four Thirds sensor.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-N5nQ9gPvcNkA6-UmXElQ3CSYA72By995lwGQqB_DxFU_5eQRjEDRVXcY-xEe-h4ZWO_20JomkSGu5ciDsAI2VoggKOS7MTLWw-nIgTGGmUcd66cjRNsW2YkQZKc-DJ58hJBMA/s1600/Super35mmSensor.jpg)
Of course, that's 35mm motion picture film in the chart. If you're comparing it to the sensor in the Canon 5D Mark II, then that looks like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfMOsBUi15DtzeF6kb0h2zPMR1h85yp3j8nwp2ItqVK1InQ51H8khhJQ-wJGNQXvee8wPen-p0x-lBiZErRDTFWepoPhehaCotO3kwM8PQ32CvATulu0rNFTyQ7xHXoZBlDOrgw/s1600/35mm.jpg)
What shouldn't be forgotten is that the size of the pixels in the sensor(s) are different too, but that's a topic for a different day:
Even more important to some photographers is the pursuit of "bokeh," the defocused backgrounds made possible by shallow depth of field.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-N5nQ9gPvcNkA6-UmXElQ3CSYA72By995lwGQqB_DxFU_5eQRjEDRVXcY-xEe-h4ZWO_20JomkSGu5ciDsAI2VoggKOS7MTLWw-nIgTGGmUcd66cjRNsW2YkQZKc-DJ58hJBMA/s1600/Super35mmSensor.jpg)
Of course, that's 35mm motion picture film in the chart. If you're comparing it to the sensor in the Canon 5D Mark II, then that looks like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfMOsBUi15DtzeF6kb0h2zPMR1h85yp3j8nwp2ItqVK1InQ51H8khhJQ-wJGNQXvee8wPen-p0x-lBiZErRDTFWepoPhehaCotO3kwM8PQ32CvATulu0rNFTyQ7xHXoZBlDOrgw/s1600/35mm.jpg)
What shouldn't be forgotten is that the size of the pixels in the sensor(s) are different too, but that's a topic for a different day:
That's why Sony developed a new image sensor for the PMW-F3 with pixels that are four times the size of typical DSLR sensor pixelsSony: Full Super 35mm image size
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