Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Power to weight ratios

The Nikon F5 is a fairly heavy camera, so I began to wonder about the ratio of pixels to weight. Here are the results.  
CameraWeightImage sizeMP / lb
Lumix LX7 10oz10MP16MP/lb
Mamiya RZ (110mm f2.8)5lb 9oz126MP34.7MP/lb
Olympus OM2-SP (50mm f1.4)1lb 15oz8MP43.5MP/lb
Cambo 45SR (180mm f5.6)24lb252MP52.2MP/lb
Nikon F5 (24-85mm f4.5)4lb 6oz8MP41.5MP/lb

1 - Includes the LX7 in lieu of a light meter. Does not include tripod.
2 - Includes tripod, but not case or extra film.
3 - Scanned at 2000dpi.
4 - Scanned at 3200dpi.
5 - Scanned at 1800dpi.

So it turns out that the Nikon has the lowest power to weight ratio, lower than the Cambo SR! The Mamiya does well (though with a tripod it comes out no better than the Olympus).

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