![]() ![]() See the visual example at the bottom of this article for the effect of this cropping factor. So to get an equivalent field of view compared to a 35mm full frame camera you need to multiply your lenses by 1.5 or 1.6 (depending on manufacturer). This ‘cropping factor’ or ‘lens multiplier’ is used because a cropped sensor camera is 1.5 (Nikon) or 1.6 (Canon) times smaller diagonally than a 35mm full frame camera. ![]() When talking about cropped sensor digital cameras there is also a term called ‘cropping factor’. Nikon calls these DX lenses and Canon EF-S lenses. This translates into smaller, lighter and cheaper lenses designed specifically for these cameras. Modern hi-resolution full frame cameras will show any weaknesses of many older or low quality full frame lensesĪ cropped sensor is smaller than a 35mm frame which means the circle of light coming from a lens required to illuminate this sensor can also be smaller.Can’t use all the same lenses that a cropped sensor camera body – for example: Canon EF-S lenses cannot be used on full frame Canon camera bodies.This “reach” refers to the wider field of view that a full frame camera has with a given lens – see Cropped Sensor for more information Telephoto lenses don’t have the same “reach” compared to a cropped sensor camera body.Mostly higher cost and heavier lenses compared to cropped lenses.Generally found with a larger and heavier camera body.Advanced features also put into these camera bodies (suitable for professional work) Disadvantages of a full frame sensor.Low light performance is enhanced due to the 2.4 x larger sized sensor area compared to APS-C sensor. ![]() Wide angle lenses give a wider field of view compared to cropped sensor camera body with the same lens.Capable of producing shallower depth of field compared to a cropped sensor with the same lens and subject distance.Better overall image quality compared to a cropped sensor.Other manufacturers of full frame cameras are Pentax and Leica. ![]() Sony has been making mirrorless (non DSLR) versions of full frame cameras for some years and now Canon and Nikon are now making mirrorless cameras too along side their more traditional DSLR models. There are now several manufacturers of digital cameras that have camera bodies with a full frame sensor inside them. Canon call them EF or RF lenses and Nikon Call these FX or Z mount lenses. This sensor size needs full frame lenses to match. Used by Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Lieca and doesn’t have any cropping factor. the Canon would cost in the vicinity of US$8000) and both these camera models cameras were marketed at the professional end of the market.įull-frame – has a sensor size of 36mm x 24mm. During this time, digital SLR cameras were rather expensive to purchase (i.e. Five years later in 2007, Nikon released their first full-frame digital SLR, the Nikon D3. It wasn’t until 2002 that Canon released the first full-frame sized sensor with the Canon EOS-1Ds (11 megapixel) released onto the market. That’s the reason why any sensor smaller than the original ‘full-frame’ of the predecessor film camera, is considered a ‘cropped sensor’. So instead, the camera manufacturers came out with an alternative – a smaller or ‘cropped’ sensor, and as a result digital SLR’s were less expensive to make. Without going all the way back to the beginning, digital SLR cameras first arrived on the market in the late 1990’s when manufacturing a digital camera with the same size sensor as a 35mm film camera (or sensor size 36mm x 24mm, aka full-frame) was too expensive to achieve. ![]()
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