Full Frame (FX) or Crop Factor DX Camera format

[Peter Betts]

I started my Digital career in 2006 moving up from Full Frame Film Nikon cameras like the F3 and F5 to the Digital Crop Factor (Thats all there was then crop factor in Digital Nikon offerings ) D200. It was noisy displaying a lot of grain as the sensor was far smaller than a Full Frame and it was caused by the pixels being squashed up on a tiny sensor = heat = noise. Soon Nikon brought out the Pro level D3 which revolutionised the Digital world as the first Digital full frame camera which I started saving up for ..Luckily a few months later Nikon produced a 2nd Semi Pro Full Frame camera the D700 which I got in about 2007 ..Pure quality and hardly any noise. Then the D3 was upgraded to the D3S which was a total game changer ..12 Megapixels ...12800 ISO and NO noise to 10 000 ISO ..I got it and wow shooting with a Pro Body again at Full Frame where my 24 mm lens was 24 mm and not 36 mm on the crop D200 ..I then went onto the D800 Full Frame 36 m pixel camera ..Slow and too much noise in low light ...So I went back to Crop DX with the D500 which was great in the Kgalagadi for the last 2 years as my 600mm could reach out to a far dune and get a shot at 900mm ..But thats not really photography ..So Last week I sold it and its gone to a good home in Rustenburg and I sold a Kidney and the box below is on its way from Orms in Cape Town to PE ..Its probably the best DSLR ever made and does everything ..Speed, Studio, Wildlife, Sport, Landscape and no it WONT make me a better photographer ..just the opposite if i take the shot too casually like with the just ex D500 ..because at 45 M Pixels this new baby will not be kind to you if you mess up with the settings and technique..Here's to future photographic adventures with my last ever camera now that I am retiring in the next year ..Yes 68 is time to chill and camp !!!

[okie]

I'm totally lost

[Flutterby]

Me too okie! But good luck with your new camera Peter...and many happy hours of shooting!

[Peter Betts]

Full Frame is full 35mm in size (The sensor) = better quality etc etc and Crop Factor is a smaller size = Cheaper to produce etc and the one advantage of a Crop Sensor is that in Wildlife photography you have more reach as the actual Focal length of the lens is multiplied by a factor of 1.5 in Nikon cameras and more in Canon so a Nikon 400mm lens is multiplied by 1.5 x = 600mm = brings you closer to the Kudu/Vulture etc etc . I just prefer to use a Full Frame version so my 24-70 lens say is exactly that ..Its the system I grew up on ..Better quality images too which I try and strive for ..Also at such a high resolution (45 m pixels) and I need to get more reach to get that lion at the top of a far dune I can always use the DX (Crop option) to get my 600mm end of my zoom x 1.5x = 900mm and still have 21 m pixels in the image = more than my just sold DX camera the D500!! Examples of the Canon Crop Cameras are the 7D Mk II and Full Frame 5D MkiV and 1D X MKII Examples of Nikon Crop cameras are D5300, D7500 , D500 (My old camera just sold) Examples of Nikon Full Frame cameras are D610, D750, D810 , D850 (This new camera ) and Flagship D5

[okie]

Hmmmm...... ah well , I will just continue to use my Canon 85D and still hope for the best I'm not a competition photographer in any event

[Peter Betts]

Nothing wrong with the Canon 85D Ockie ..Mine is to supplement my meagre pension ..so just a tool of the trade

[Lisbeth]

Nice box

[Peter Betts]

Nice box

LOL yes my box arrived an hour ago this is what came out

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

Happy birthday, Peter!