What is “crop factor”? Full Frame vs APSC vs MicroFourThirds
Photo Moment - November 30, 2016
What is “crop factor”? Full frame vs APS-C vs MFT and more… answered on today's PhotoJoseph’s Photo Moment!
Links in Today's episode: Smashing Camera: http://www.smashingcamera.com/dslr-camera-sensor-size-crop-factor-guide/ Oaxaca Workshop: http://photojoseph.com/workshops
Astronomically way too much talking. Turned it off at 3:46
Is it worth getting a sleed booster for full frame lenses vs using the MFT lenses? I get that MFT is cropped but could you just walk back (create a distance) to mimic the same "mm" range on the lens? I hope I am making sense lol
Great video. Thanks for the great clarification.
Nice videos ,Good information! I'm stumped on lens choices I have the gh 5 And invested in the medanones speedbooster and the sigma 18-35mm because of all the great reviews I've read. The benefits I noticed are bettter in low light and lil more boki , but is that worth the $1400 for the setup? I also have the Panasonic 12-35 with dual IS this lens goes on my zyhriun crane matter of fact this set up is why I bought the camera. I'm now getting a zoom, I already bought the tamron 70-200 vc g2 but I hear so many good things about the Panasonic 35-100 dual ISSo I might buy that too to do a review on this exact setup. If I like the Panasonic 35-100 then I see no need for the medanones and the sigma and I could just buy a 1.4 prime lens for the Low light comparison. I guess my question is should I go nAtive or medanones? Is the 70-200 full frame lens with medanones much better then the native Panasonic 35-100 with dual Is? The tameron 70-200 f2.8 with medanones would be 2.0 (full frame conversion would be f4.0) The Panasonic 35-100 f2.8 (full frame conversion would be f5.6)
I finally got my first taste of metabones adapters last week. I definitely like what I see but will need to do some proper reviews to really answer your questions. Stay tuned to the channel… I'm finally inspired to do this!
Great video! Thank you so much for breaking it all down and simplifying in layman's terms! Ps just picked up a new sub. Cheers :))
You have a great way of explaining things..Just makes sense..Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video! Damn why was it so hard to find a video like this
+haroimdonard Like and share and that'll make it easier for the next person to find :-) Thanks!
Thanks for the comprehensive explanation !!!
Hey! As example for "you cannot argue with physics" you gave us an example of different sizes of 20MP sensor. I really would like to hear your thoughts about this case: we will stay with the same size of the single pixel and decrees sensor size. As result we will have lower pixels count in the matrix, but the size of single pixel will stay the same. So is it going preform in the same way in terms of noise for example as bigger sensor? Low light performance?
Example: noise compassing between 24MP apsc vs 16MP 4/3.
Example: noise compassing between 24MP apsc vs 16MP 4/3.
Lower resolution on the same size sensors means larger pixels, which means better light gathering capability. This usually translates to a better quality image (and is why the MFT sensors are lower resolution than FF, which are lower than medium format; if you push it too far, you'll drop quality). It's also one of the reasons something like a smartphone has a lower image quality, especially in low light. There's of course a LOT more that goes into it, such as the lens and the processing (which really is a HUGE part of it these days), but in general, bigger is better.
You failed to apply crop factor to the aperture, maybe you should see this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtDotqLx6nA
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2666934640/what-is-equivalence-and-why-should-i-care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtDotqLx6nA
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2666934640/what-is-equivalence-and-why-should-i-care
Great video. Question about sizes of lenses: You said [something along the lines of] putting a 50mm full frame lens on a microfourthirds would be like a 100mm because of the crop factor. So does that mean a 50mm lens designed for a micro four thirds on a microfourthirds body would look exactly like a 50mm full frame lens on a dslr? Or do we still need to multiple the crop factor on mm? Thanks!
I had the exact same question and landed here googling. The video did not answered my question completly. So I'm happy you already asked it and it got answered. Now I know I have to buy a 12mm prime instead of a 24 prime. To duplicate the result I saw someone do with a full frame. As a 12mm is cheaper (and smaler) I can only be happy about that!
+fatseth That's a great question! Let me answer this in an upcoming Photo Moment. There's a very good reason and it's a very good question. Thanks! Be sure to sub and enable notifications and you'll know when it goes live; maybe you can even watch live. 9:30am Pacific. I may address it this Friday.
But if a MFT lense is designed for a MFT sensor how come a 50mm MFT lense with a MFT sensor doesn't give me the "same" image as if I use a FF 50mm lense on a FF sensor ?
If a MFT 25mm lense on a MFT sensor gives me the same image as a 50mm with a FF lense on a FF sensor, why don't they just write 50mm on the MFT lense so there is no confusion?
If a MFT 25mm lense on a MFT sensor gives me the same image as a 50mm with a FF lense on a FF sensor, why don't they just write 50mm on the MFT lense so there is no confusion?
+Richard Sumilang You still do the math. All MFT lenses put the "real" numbers, meaning you have to do the math to know what the equivalent would be (fortunately the math is always 2x!)
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