![]() ![]() ![]() Is this: ‘photosite is to sensor as pixel is to picture’. Photosite and a pixel fuses my brain, but the best way I’ve seen it expressed So let’s take a look at how the decision to use a full-frame or crop-sensor camera plays out in macro photography. Full-Frame, Crop-Sensor and Macro Photography When you display the full and crop images at the same size (as below) you get a cropped-in view with the smaller sensor.ĭ800 (left) and D90 (right) with a 12-24mm lens attached. I say appear larger because it’s not actually magnified, the field of view is just restricted. The crop-sensor would appear ‘larger’ that is, more magnified. If you think about putting the same lens on both a full-frame and a crop-sensor camera, the results would obviously differ. Nikon D800 (FX) and Nikon D90 (DX) and specify the lens used for each picture. ![]() Nikon has two sensor sizes: full-frame (marked with an FX)Īnd crop (DX) and Canon has three: full-frame, 1.3x and 1.6xįor demonstration purposes in this article, I’ll use the This smaller image-capture area became known as a "crop-sensor" camera, and the old standard 35mm format became "full-frame." Just wasn’t very affordable to give the camera a sensor of that size, so they made a Long before digital cameras came along, most popular film SLR cameras captured an image that was 36mm by 24mm. Look at some of the key ones and how they benefit (or don’t!) macro Which is best? Well, there are a number of variables to consider, and some might surprise you! In this article I’ll It’s a long-discussed topic: full-frame or crop-sensor camera, ![]()
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