crop in camera or later? What is the advantage of cropping in camera as opposed to waiting for the post edit?????

vickiel Loc: alamo california

What is the advantage of cropping in camera as opposed to waiting for the post edit?????

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

(edited after Joe replied)

If you mean to get a closer-up version of what you just snapped (bird etc), I don't think there is a benefit.

Joe F.N. Loc: Oshawa, Ontario

Mainly detail Vickie. If you take the trouble to do cropping in camera, you will retain all the detail your camera and lens is capable of. When cropped during editing ,a lot of detail is lost in the final choice and eaten up by the amount around the edges you throw away.

wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

vickiel wrote:

What is the advantage of cropping in camera as opposed to waiting for the post edit?????

I crop as much as possible in the camera. The advantage? Sharper, bigger prints.

Joe F.N. Loc: Oshawa, Ontario

Linda From Maine wrote:

NO advantage whatsoever :)

Linda, I'm assuming she means that 'cropping in camera' means that she's actually doing proper framing in her viewfinder before she actuates the shutter.
If she's farther back and and magnifies her image in editing through cropping, then she will in fact loose a lot of detail in the final product.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Joe F.N. wrote:

Mainly detail Vickie. If you take the trouble to do cropping in camera, you will retain all the detail your camera and lens is capable of. When cropped during editing ,a lot of detail is lost in the final choice and eaten up by the amount around the edges you throw away.

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Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

Joe F.N. wrote:

Mainly detail Vickie. If you take the trouble to do cropping in camera, you will retain all the detail your camera and lens is capable of. When cropped during editing ,a lot of detail is lost in the final choice and eaten up by the amount around the edges you throw away.

BUT.....If you leave area around the subject, then in post processing you have the choice of portrait or landscape orientation.

Joe F.N. Loc: Oshawa, Ontario

wilikioti wrote:

I crop as much as possible in the camera. The advantage? Sharper, bigger prints.

You've hit the nail on the head.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Joe F.N. wrote:

Linda, I'm assuming she means that 'cropping in camera' means that she's actually doing proper framing in her viewfinder before she actuates the shutter.
If she's farther back and and magnifies her image in editing through cropping, then she will in fact loose a lot of detail in the final product.

I was assuming she was referring to the after-click option :)

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

8 answers in 15 minutes, and the OP isn't here to see them.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

vickiel wrote:

What is the advantage of cropping in camera as opposed to waiting for the post edit?????

Are you talking about composing the picture in the viewfinder, or using the software in the camera to do the cropping while it's still on the memory card?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Wall-E wrote:

BUT.....If you leave area around the subject, then in post processing you have the choice of portrait or landscape orientation.

If you can't remain on the forum for six hours after you post, you shouldn't post at all! :D (Kidding, of course) I'd bet anything that she will be back.

GWMT Loc: Montana

I find that I tend to crop too tight in camera not paying attention to the edges and cut things off or out. Pull back and crop in PP, higher percentage of getting all of what you want. Crop sensors concentrate most the pixels towards the center, so not a lot of lost info in PP crop.

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

GWMT wrote:

Crop sensors concentrate most the pixels towards the center

Where did THAT come from?

Your EYE has the most cones [color sensors] in the central area, but a camera sensor has them spread evenly across the device.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

vickiel wrote:

What is the advantage of cropping in camera as opposed to waiting for the post edit?????

None. It's always better to save to hard drive in maximum resolution, crop (which lowers the amount of date available) and save under a different name in post-editing, then you always have the full resolution version to go back to.

Cropping everything around Junior might seem logical right this moment but if Grandma is standing off to the side and years later she passes away, you'd wish you still had the part with Grandma standing off to the side.