Ryan has been showing off torturing me demonstrating his new Canon 5D camera in his latest photographs. However fond I am of my 10D, it really is showing its age these days and I’m slowly squirrelling away my euros so I can upgrade. One thing that has always been difficult for me to grasp is the whole idea of the crop factor. I would try to read up on it but it’s all technobabble after awhile and I couldn’t get a clear idea of the difference. If you’re at all interested in knowing what makes the new cameras better than the old ones like mine (besides picture quality but that’s a whole other post) this link is very cool. It shows just what you’re losing through the crop of the older cameras and I was quite surprised at just how much the crop takes away:
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5 replies on “What A Full Frame Camera Captures”
Me? Torturing you? Would I ever? 😀
It’s not only the crop factor with lenses that hit me (and how wide a 24mm lens actually is on a full frame) but it’s the improvement in the depth of field over cropped sensor cameras. Having used a 200mm f2.8 lens on a 1.6x crop for ages, I was blown away by it on the full frame. You owe it to yourself to upgrade! 🙂
Oh rub it in why don’t you! Believe me, I will have one by the end of summer if it kills me. In the meantime, I’d watch where you leave it down on the night of the Blog Awards 🙂
I’m shooting with a 10D also, and looking to upgrade. Poor thing looks like it’s been thru a war. I like your image comparisons, very helpful.
Much better with a full frame, you don’t have to think so much with the composition of what you might be losing, and moreso not so much disappointment when the shot comes out especially with landscape themes
Excellent, Thank you