wjmeyer wrote:
But do they really? I am just wondering if that is \"assumed\" more than known.
roughly an order of magnitude more. last i heard aps-c cost ~$50 to produce and FF ~$500.
edit: i\'ll have to look for the links, but i seen it explained from the fabrication perspective a number of times. basically doubling the area that needs to be up to spec means a drastically higher percentage of subpar chips per wafer (and of course only half as many chips per wafer). in addition, if i recall correctly, FF chips are too big to be made whole using normal etching processes, so they have to kinda be stitched together (though on the same silicon).
