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Why do compact cameras use such small sensors?

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The answer is in your question. They need smaller sensors to fit in smaller and smaller cameras. The full size DSLR camera has sensor as big as the old 35 mm film. Most compact camera have sensors the size of you fingernail or smaller.

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