How Much Differernce Questions: I will be in Yosemite in May taking photos. I have the Canon T3i camera. The book I have for photographing Yosemite is great. But the author shoots...

zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL

I will be in Yosemite in May taking photos. I have the Canon T3i camera. The book I have for photographing Yosemite is great. But the author shoots using a Full Frame Canon. In matching camera settings and lenses exactly how much difference will there be in my shots and his taken at the same spots that he shot at. I have the same lenses he used just not the same camera. The book tells the settings he used and where he took the shots.

zuzanne

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Your images will look like you used a 60% longer focal length lens if you use the exact same lenses on your crop sensor camera. If he took a shot with a 100mm focal length lens, and you use the same 100mm focal length, then it will look as if you used a 160mm lens. You would need to use about a 62mm lens to get the same field of view as he got with his full frame body and 100mm lens. And that's providing his printed images were printed right as they came out of the camera.

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

IMO, this is silly. You will be there on a different day, different TIME of day, different season, different light. Just thinking if you use the same "settings" you will get the same (or even close) images just won't work. Well, there's always luck.
Learn YOUR camera. Meter YOUR scene. Make mistakes - fix those mistakes -learn from that mistake.

However, getting tips on locations is great.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Well said, Cap!

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Linda, your question is one of IQ?
If so, your sensor is obviously smaller, but in anything less than say a 16x20, there won't be a lot of difference in your shots. Make sure you take ALL your shots on ISO 100 and on a tripod. Your camera will produce a pretty clean shot, assuming its all landscape(no action). Night shoots will give the FF an IQ advantage, but just glue your setting on ISO 100 and I wouldn't worry about it. The only other thing, you may want to bracket your crops, so the shot you DO use has an absolute minimum of cropping in post, to maximize your sensor size.
If you were planning on a FF in the near future, a little early wouldn't hurt, otherwise, just have fun. ;-)
SS

Edit: is this the same trip from Lake County?

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

SharpShooter wrote:

Linda, your question is one of IQ?

Who is Linda?

Don L G

CaptainC wrote:

IMO, this is silly. You will be there on a different day, different TIME of day, different season, different light. Just thinking if you use the same "settings" you will get the same (or even close) images just won't work. Well, there's always luck.
Learn YOUR camera. Meter YOUR scene. Make mistakes - fix those mistakes -learn from that mistake.

However, getting tips on locations is great.

Well said :thumbup: :thumbup:

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Nikonian72 wrote:

Who is Linda?

Sorry, it's Zuzanne! :lol:
SS

rebride

zuzanne - check out blacks2 Yosemite photography (Mike's photo) here at UHH.
He is ancient so could be good for some tips and tricks. PM him.
Bring a tripod (like SharpShooter).

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

SharpShooter wrote:

Sorry, it's Zuzanne! :lol:
SS

Do YOU have Linda on your mind? ;)

Clyde141

zuzanne wrote:

I will be in Yosemite in May taking photos. I have the Canon T3i camera. The book I have for photographing Yosemite is great. But the author shoots using a Full Frame Canon. In matching camera settings and lenses exactly how much difference will there be in my shots and his taken at the same spots that he shot at. I have the same lenses he used just not the same camera. The book tells the settings he used and where he took the shots. zuzanne

Well, the mountains, trees, and rivers will still be there but conditions vary so much in Yosemite from day to day and year to year that even if you are there at exactly the same time he was when he took his photos for the book your camera settings, etc will have to be different. There is a drought in California and I doubt the waterfalls will look the same as they did in the book.

Is the book Michael Frye's book "The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite" by any chance? If not they you might still look at his website. I think he photographs Yosemite about 250 days a year and gives updates on what is going on there. http://www.michaelfrye.com/

zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL

Thank you all for the input. I realize that I will be shooting different times of day, seasons etc. And I probably did not word my question properly. What I want to know is, how much info will be lost using a crop camera versus a full frame camera if I'm using the same lenses and settings.

The book is Photographing Yosemite by Lewis Kemper.

zuzanne

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

zuzanne wrote:

Thank you all for the input. I realize that I will be shooting different times of day, seasons etc. And I probably did not word my question properly. What I want to know is, how much info will be lost using a crop camera versus a full frame camera if I'm using the same lenses and settings.

The book is Photographing Yosemite by Lewis Kemper.

zuzanne

You worded it fine. Thats why I addressed the issue in my response. Have a fun time.

zuzanne Loc: Crawfordville, FL

Thank you MTShooter. You are always so helpful to everyone here on UHH. I have learned a great deal from your posts.

zuzanne

MT Shooter wrote:

You worded it fine. Thats why I addressed the issue in my response. Have a fun time.

Clyde141

I guess it's like the Panda Bear who "Eats, shoots, and leaves" like in the old west. vs. the panda bear who "Eats shoots and leaves." LOL!