Re: Sony, I command you to release a 8,075 × 8,075 pixel square sensor!
EB-1 wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: jeffbuzz wrote:
3:2 is closest to the Golden Ratio which makes more naturally appealing compositions. How often does anyone present their finished image in square format?
The 3:2 rectangle captures 96% of the same image circle compared to a square. So there's no real advantage to a square sensor from a material standpoint.
I think 4 X 3 is the Golden Ratio, because a rectangle with a 4 X 3 shape has a diagonal of 5. At least that is what I was taught a billion years ago when I took geometry in high school, but perhaps my teacher had that wrong.
Not when I was in the high school; it was 1.62 or 0.62 that are reciprocals of each other. =(SQRT(5)±1)/2
The 3:4 ratio is the simplest example of hypotenuse and two sides being whole numbers. I think it was the ratio in the Golden Age of Television.
EBH
As I was taught the golden ratio of 4 X 3 was first made famous by Pythagoras about 500 BC and was central to developing his theorem. So, it predates television a bit. Perhaps there are more than more ratio that has been deemed, "Golden"
Feb 27, 2026 at 08:25 AM
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