Sensor size article

[johndec]

I'm not sure how much credibility one should assign to someone who likes to be known as "Digital Darrell" but it makes an interesting read, especially for the Canonites contemplating a 5D.

http://www.digitaldarrell.com/DDBlog-ShouldNikonMakeA35mmSizedSensor.asp

[Mitchell]

It is interesting to read that the sensors have a significant fall off as light comes from progressively greater angles - the same principle also applies in the human eye (the Stiles-Crawford effect). This is overcome in the eye by having a curved retina, so that light coming peripherally still strikes the retina perpendicularly.

Maybe someday digital sensors won't require microlenses, and will accept angled light more like film.

I wonder if the solution is to change lenses to straighten the light, or to design the sensors to be curved?