Full Frame vs APS-C mirrorless for quest stand-alone

@user2 Depthkit Cinema works with many different types of cameras and lens systems. We have successfully tested full-frame 35mm, Super-35, APS-C, and Micro Four-Thirds cameras.

For highest quality, you should always use the lens which most closely matches the field-of-view of the depth sensor, then move the sensor and camera closer/further from the subject to ensure they fill up as much of the frame as possible without clipping any part of them in either depth or color frame. When using the Azure Kinect, the lens focal length which most closely corresponds to the narrow (NFOV) raw depth mode for full-frame 35mm is ~16-17mm; The focal length which most closely matches on APS-C is ~10-11mm. In my opinion, there aren’t any huge advantages to using one sensor size over the other, except perhaps that the APS-C system may provide a wider depth of field, making it easier to keep your subject in focus.

You can find more information in our Depthkit Cinema > Hardware Requirements documentation, and @Andrew did a great job consolidating some best practices for picking Cinema cameras in another thread.

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