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Most consumer-level DSLRs, SLTs and mirrorless 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 iswas only one mirrorless 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/mirrorless sensor formats, including the following: