Comments on: Going to a Full Frame DSLR Camera

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:31:42 +0000

Cropped frame cameras have a greater depth of field at an equivalent field of view (remember the full-frame camera needs a lens with 1.6x the focal length, or whatever the crop factor is, to give the same view).

Put it another way, using the same lens on a cropped-sensor camera the image has 1.6x LESS depth of field than the full-frame image would have (but they are different images, since the field of view is different).

Sounds more confusing than it is. Basically you are ‘zooming in’ with a cropped frame, so you either need to stand further back to get the same shot (hence changing the DOF), or you shoot from one place, get the same DoF, but the image from the full frame sensor will be a much larger field of view.

Either way, it isn’t going to cause you a problem in reality, just use your eyes

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By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:41:09 +0000

I made the jump to a full-frame DSLR a couple years ago (the original 5D) and don’t think I could go back, especially since I “see” and “think” wide-angle. It’s a grand world…

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:36:57 +0000

Either way, it isn’t going to cause you a problem in reality, just use your eyes

By: Tim.C

Tim.C — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:18:09 +0000

I’d love to know what the effect on depth of field is?

I am an old school 35mm guy, so I get confused over the lenses. Unfortunately I’m too poor at the moment to buy a DSLR, but saving like mad.

Tim.C

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:47:36 +0000

Hi Simon – yes, spot on. That’s what I was trying to say. My 85mm is now like a 50mm, or looking at it the otherway, on a crop, my 50mm is like an 85mm.

There is an impact on depth of field too, I think.

By: Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:10:09 +0000

Don’t forget that sometimes having the crop factor is like having a free teleconverter of course. I have one full frame, one 1.3x, and one 1.6x crop factor camera. While the full-frame is great for the more creative shots, having my 100-400mm act as a 160-640mm is often welcome. With the 17-40 on the full-frame yesterday, it was a little TOO wide, when I needed to be further away from the subjects in reality.

So, it can work both ways, and depends what you shoot.