Questions tagged [cropped-sensor]
A "cropped sensor" is a digital imaging sensor smaller than the traditional film size for the system in which it is used. APS-C is a cropped-sensor format compared to traditional 35mm-film or to "full frame" digital sensors. Cropped sensor may also refer to any smaller sensor, particularly when compared against the area of 35mm film.
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Would a different body help me with noise reduction?
I've been spending time shooting people ballroom dancing under subdued lighting (without a flash or other lighting controlled by me). The kit I have been using for doing this is my Nikon D7500, ...
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camera sensor size, crop factor and object "magnification"
I have been reading some things about photography and most make sense, with some exceptions.
About sensor sizes, I was reading this nice article where at some point, scrolling down, it says that with ...
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If I zoom in 2x in my photo is that the same as having twice as long of a lens? [duplicate]
If I don't have access to a 200mm lens but I have a rather high resolution camera.
Does that mean if I zoom in 2x in my photo and half the mega pixel, I can achieve the same reach with a 100mm lens? ...
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Can I use a 127.5mm focal length on a crop camera to see what the view would be like using an 85mm full frame lens?
I have a Nikon D7500 which is a DX format camera. I am thinking of getting a Nikon 85mm lens but I only see one that is in FX format. I have a 70-300 lens in DX format and was wondering if I set the ...
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Is there an EF version of the Canon EF-S 60mm macro?
I take a lot of photos of faces. For the last 12 years or so, I've been using a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens on an EOS 7D. I just upgraded to a Canon RP full-frame. With an adapter, I can mount the EF-S ...
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Should I turn off image stabilization when I am taking a landscape shot?
Should I turn off image stabilization when I am taking a landscape shot with a tripod?
I would like to mention that I’m shootings with a Canon crop sensor, and one of the lenses listed at bottom might ...
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Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM for night landscapes and possible astrophotography
Does anyone have any experience with the Canon 10-18 used specifically for night landscapes or for doubling in Astro photography? I already understand it is a slow lens, and obviously not the first ...
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Using a full frame camera in crop mode decreases low light performance?
In the dpreview.com discussion thread, DX mode on the D850, a user states that:
Second the smaller the sensor size the lower the signal / noise is. Using the camera [Nikon D850] in dx mode means ...
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Four-thirds (or any crop) sensor compared to full sensor camera: question about the meaning of “doubling the effective focus length.” [duplicate]
I can best ask this by setting up a situation: A friend and I are standing in the same place pointing our camera’s at, say, the same bird that is some distance away. I have a micro four-thirds crop ...
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Should I purchase a speed booster to enlargen my kit lens's field of view, or purchase a 35mm prime?
I own a Canon Rebel T7i with only a kit lens and the APS-C sensor size is bothering me for some reason.
Is it a good idea to purchase a speed booster in order to take my APS-C sensor into a full-...
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Why are landscape photos "subpar" on Canon EOS 750D with Sigma 17-50/2.8 lens?
I currently own a Canon EOS 750D (Rebel T6i), which I mostly use with a Sigma 17-50/2.8 and a Hoya circular polarizing filter. However, I can't help but feel disappointed when in looking at my ...
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Is it beneficial to use a crop sensor camera with a full frame telezoom?
I have a Canon 100-400L telezoom lens. It gives up to 400mm of focal length, but when used on a crop sensor camera, the equivalent focal length would be 640mm.
Because the equivalent focal length ...
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Does sensor size affect performance of image stabilization?
Many lenses today have image stabilization (IS) in the lens. At least Canon and Nikon do this.
The Canon and Nikon systems allow one to use lenses intended for full frame cameras in their crop sensor ...
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Are there lenses which can give 180° fisheye circle with a cropped-frame camera?
I have a Canon EOS 1100D, and I'd like to take photos of the whole sky dome. Currently I'm using the Belomo MC 3,5/8A lens. It has 180° angle of view, but that's only true for full-frame cameras, and ...
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Is it beneficial to use full frame for blurred background?
I have often heard it said that to have a blurred background, it is beneficial to shoot full frame. However, is this really true?
The useful largest aperture is anyway limited by the amount of depth ...
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Why doesn't full frame have faster shutter speed than crop (all other things equal)?
I enjoy amateur wildlife photography, and have always used crop camera bodies + long lenses, and usually shoot handheld. Obviously the main difficulty is that I need very fast shutter speeds to get ...
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real-estate photography -- upgrade from Canon 50D to 5D Mark IV
I do real-estate photography. My lens is a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM ultra wide angle zoom lens. If I upgrade the camera body from one with a small-sensor (Canon 50D) to one with a full-frame (Canon ...
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FX 50mm on DX sensor giving same picture as DX 50mm on DX sensor? [duplicate]
One of the lenses I have for my Nikon D3200 is the 50mm f/1.8 FX lens, which when placed on the DX sensor should act like a 75mm f/2.7.
On my Sony a6000, I have a 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 lens made for the ...
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What's the equivalent of a 85mm portrait lens on Sony A6500 (APS-C)?
When conventional wisdom refers to 85mm as the perfect lens for portraits, it refers to 85mm for a full frame sensor. Is this right? In that case, is it correct to apply the crop factor and say a 55mm ...
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Nikon 35mm 1.8g or 50mm 1.8g on D3200? [duplicate]
I've got a D3200 and two zoom lenses, 18-55 and 55-200. I want to buy my first prime lens now and I have a hard time deciding between 35 and 50mm (both 1.8g). The price difference can be ignored, as ...
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How can I tell if a camera sensor is damaged?
I own a Sony a6500 and primarily use it for filmmaking. I was trying to clean the mirrorless sensor and used a rocket air blower to get dust out of the sensor but accidentally knocked it against the ...
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How does crop factor affect perspective?
I have a question about crop factor and how it affects the perspective.
Suppose you have one Super 35 camera and one APS-C camera. As far as I understand, to photograph the same image on the APS-C ...
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Crop Factor in real world, Sigma 150-600mm C on Canon 1300D [duplicate]
After I bought Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 Contemporary DG OS HSM Lens I ran some tests. This test was to see the difference in focal length compared to a crop sensor lens vs this full frame lens on a same ...
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Upgrading to a Full Frame Camera, is the Canon 5D Mark III still a viable choice? [closed]
I want to upgrade from my rebel T6I crop to a full frame DSLR. I've been eyeing the Canon Mark 5D MK III for awhile now. Would it be a particularly smart choice to upgrade from a newer crop camera to ...
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Can I emulate a fullframe sensor with angular lens? [duplicate]
If I'd use a 30mm lens on a crop sensor, would it be like a fullframesensor with a 50mm on it?
30*1.6=48~50
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Confused about T-stop number. Does it account for crop factor?
I understand that a T/stop number deals with how much light is let in, instead of the sensor size vs. aperture like the f/stop number. However, what I haven't found is whether or not that T/stop ...
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FX & DX Lenses on DX Body [duplicate]
If I use a 50mm prime FX lens on a FX camera, I will get 50mm. If I use a 50mm prime FX lens on a DX camera, I'll get 75mm (assuming 1.5x crop factor).
Now, if I use a 50mm prime DX lens on a DX ...
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Is the Canon G3X sensor larger than the sensor in Canon's G16?
I'm confused by the differences in the literature. In short, does the Canon G3X have a larger sensor than the G16?
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Best lens for landscape photography on a crop-sensor body (APS-C) [duplicate]
Recently I've been studying Elia Locardi's work and I've noticed he shoots on a Nikon D810 (full frame) with a 14-24mm lens. Even though 14mm is really wide especially on a full frame body, it doesn't ...
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Can a larger format lens provide more light to a crop sensor for a given f-stop?
Having recently spent some time fighting for light with a high-speed camera having a CS mount and a sensor area under .1 inches2, I was wondering if the f rules apply to cropped sensors?
For example: ...
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Is there really a difference between crop and FF sensors anymore in regards to pic quality? [duplicate]
It seem to me that everything is a numbers game. Better lens better ISO technologies better more modern camera etc etc. These days a canon 80D ...Is it really that much different picture quality then ...
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Should I quote focal length using equivalent focal length in a photobook?
I'm putting together a (non-commercial) photobook from a year in a foreign country. I took all the photos with the Canon EOS-M3 which has an APS-C sensor (crop factor 1.6). I want to quote the ...
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Cropped frame sensor cameras, what lens do I need for taking portraits close to the face?
For cropped frame sensor cameras, what lens would work best for taking portraits close to the face? If the focal length is approximately 2 ft between the subject and the camera, what lens would work ...
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How do I tell whether a Nikon DSLR or lens is full or cropped frame?
How do I tell whether a Nikon DSLR or lens is full or cropped frame?
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Where does the light go when a lens with a larger image circle is projected on a smaller sensor?
I am using a full frame lens on an APS-C body.
What happens with all the light, that doesn't reach my sensor, but would in a full frame camera?
Do manufacturers take special measures so that light ...
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How does the smaller mirror in APS-C cameras offer these advantages?
As Wikipedia says here
The smaller mirror used in APS-C cameras also allows optical elements to protrude further into the camera body, which enhances the possibilities for wide angle and very wide ...
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Will cropping an FX image to DX size have the same end detail for sensors with the same MP?
Let's say I have a 90mm and an 135mm lens, and Nikon's 24mp full frame and 24mp APS-C DSLR. Assume they are the same optically.
Now, based on what I understood, doing a DX-crop on the image taken by ...
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Focal length on Full frames and cropped sensors
Yes, this subject again. But I have a slightly different question and I was unable to find an answer here or anywhere else.
I understand a 50mm lens is a 50mm lens ALWAYS.
I understand that "...
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With Autopano Giga, should I multiply the focal length by the crop factor?
Guys I have a Canon 7D aps-c with 1.6x crop,
and I have a Samyang 8mm for Canon cameras.
Here is my question.
As the lens does not have electronic contacts on it to connect to the camera, there is no ...
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Macro with crop body
Let suppose I have full-frame body and macro lens with magnification 1:1. And I switch to crop body with the same lens. My understanding is because the projection of the lens will be the same, but ...
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What’s an equivalent focal length of a fullframe lens on a crop sensor? [duplicate]
I have an old SLR film camera lens with a focal length of 58 mm mounted on my Micro 4/3 camera with a crop factor of 2. How does mounting the lens on a different sized sensor change the effective ...
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I am getting a complete vignetting on my new canon 6D but only with the 18-270mm lens
I had been using the Tamron 18-270mm lens with my old canon rebel camera and it worked just fine; but now I have the canon 6D camera and when I use it with the same lens it comes out with a complete ...
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Does say a 35mm on an APS-C camera have the same facial/other deformations as a 35mm? [duplicate]
I am about to purchase a 35mm (Nikon 35mm F1.8 DX) for my APS-C camera, to get the equivalent of a 50mm lens. I want to use it for portraiture a bit, but I'm worried the facial deformations will ...
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Will a DX lens have severe vignetting on a 20x20mm?
I'm going to work with a camera, a Photron AX100, which has a non-standard 20.48x20.48 mm sensor, but has an f-mount bayonet for lenses.
I was wondering if it would work with DX lenses without ...
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FX lenses on Nikon D500 or D7200 DX vs 1.4x or 1.7x Teleconverter on Nikon D750?
I have a Nikon D750 body, with the 70-200 2.8 and the 200-500 5.6 Nikon lenses.
The two options I can think of are:
(1) Buy a 1.4x or 1.7x teleconverter for my existing D750 (FX).
(1.1) Approx. ...
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Why are crop lenses indicated with focal lengths they don't have? [duplicate]
If we will use crop lenses only on crop bodies, why do we call crop lenses for example "10mm" when they are effectively "16mm" (with a crop factor of 1.6 in this case)?
I am familiar with the history ...
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Does a full frame with a teleconverter perform better than an APS-C without a teleconverter?
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Putting a teleconverter on a full frame lens magnifies the center of the lens but gives more reach due to that with some drawbacks. I've rediscovered focal reducers that do the opposite, ...
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How to achieve full-frame look/view on a crop-sensor - without changing the lens?
I have a Canon 600D, which is crop-sensor camera. If you're shooting with a Canon EF 50mm, it'll be (50x1.6) = 80mm on a normal full-frame body right? I'm also a street-photography-kinda guy, which I ...
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Is 35mm or 50mm better on a cropped DSLR for street photography?
I am going on a trip to Thailand and want to visit the night markets and temples. Considering that on a cropped sensor the following focal lengths will be:
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Does a full frame lens require more light on a crop body? [duplicate]
When using a full frame lens on a crop body, does the lens require more light?
If I use an f/2.8 full frame lens on a crop body, does it become an f/4.2 (*1.5)?
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