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=== For interchangeable-lens cameras ===

Some professional DSLRs, [[Sony SLT camera|SLTs]] and [[mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera|MILCs/EVILs]]s use ''[[full-frame DSLR|full-frame]]'' sensors, equivalent to the size of a frame of 35 mm film.

Most consumer-level DSLRs, SLTs and MILCsmirrorless cameras use relatively large sensors, either somewhat under the size of a frame of [[Advanced Photo System|APS]]-C film, with a [[crop factor]] of 1.5–1.6; or 30% smaller than that, with a crop factor of 2.0 (this is the [[Four Thirds System]], adopted by [[Olympus (company)|Olympus]] and [[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]]).

{{As of|2013|11}} there is only one MILCmirrorless model equipped with a very small sensor, more typical of compact cameras: the [[Pentax Q#Pentax Q7|Pentax Q7]], with a 1/1.7" sensor (4.55 crop factor). See [[#Sensors equipping compact digital cameras and camera-phones|Sensors equipping Compact digital cameras and camera-phones]] section below.

Many different terms are used in marketing to describe DSLR/SLT/MILCmirrorless sensor formats, including the following:

* 860 mm² area [[Full-frame digital SLR]] format, with sensor dimensions nearly equal to those of [[135 film|35 mm film]] (36×24 mm) from [[Pentax_K-1|Pentax]], [[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]], [[Leica Camera|Leica]], [[Nikon]], [[Canon (company)|Canon]], [[Sony]] and announced in 2018 by [[Sigma Corporation|Sigma]] as upcoming.

* 548 mm² area [[APS-H]] format for the high-end mirrorless SD Quattro H from [[Sigma Corporation|Sigma]] (crop factor 1.35)