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Pietro Clarici
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 136
From: Foligno (PG) Italy
Registered: Sep 2008

posted 03-22-2011 09:20 AM

The new 4K DMDs are 1.38" (advertised by OEMs as 1.4"), whereas the "big" 2K chips were 1.25". However, the same lenses are used.

Am I correct in assuming that this increase of approximately 12% in chip diagonal causes the same amount of variation in throw ratio? For example, that a 1.8-3.0 zoom lens effectively becomes a 1.6-2.6?

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 03-22-2011 11:31 AM

Yes...more or less.

Note, there are supposed to be 4K lenses coming out (higher MTF to better resolve the 4K pixels).

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