FX Lens On DX Body
May 21, 2020 09:01:40 #
Why do you people always want to over complicate the issue. When using an FX lens on a DX camera you will work exactly the same as a DX lens of the same focal length. You are not throwing anything away and you’re not increasing your reach. Now if you’re going from a full frame camera to a crop, the view will change, but your crop sensor camera will give you the same view regardless of whether it’s DX or FX.
May 21, 2020 09:20:14 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
I use a Tamron (28-75 f/2.8) full frame lens on my D3000 and it doesn't do anything out of the ordinary except let me open up the lens a lot more.
May 21, 2020 09:22:28 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You throw away half of the image formed by the lens which you paid for.
You've been watching and learning and making me proud!
May 21, 2020 09:25:47 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
That’s a ridiculous statement.
Based on your experience? I shot same landscape scenes using crop-frame camera vs FF camera and the same FX lens on each. If you haven't, you need to in order to see the error of your ways.
May 21, 2020 09:29:39 #
cameraf4 wrote:
Based on your experience? I shot same landscape scenes using crop-frame camera vs FF camera and the same FX lens on each. If you haven't, you need to in order to see the error of your ways.
That wasn’t the question. I shoot three different formats, FF, crop and M4/3 and certainly understand how different focal lengths work on all 3.
May 21, 2020 10:42:22 #
quixdraw wrote:
And, you get a bit more reach. I rarely use my DX lenses on DX cameras. Not a pixel peeper, but IMO the FX lenses are mostly better. There are some good DX ones, and to CC's point, they are generally smaller and lighter than FX glass.
You may want to rethink this. The camera doesn't know or care what the size of the image circle is, so no, you won't get any more reach using a 50mm FX lens vs using a 50mm DX lens on a DX camera.
May 21, 2020 11:08:59 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
You've been watching and learning and making me proud!
Tell SuperFlyTNT that. He said I made ridiculous statement. To make lens with larger image circle does cost money and they do charge more for that. Check the price on large format and medium format lenses.
May 21, 2020 11:31:34 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Tell SuperFlyTNT that. He said I made ridiculous statement. To make lens with larger image circle does cost money and they do charge more for that. Check the price on large format and medium format lenses.
He was proud because he thought you were trolling. He didn’t realize you were serious.
May 21, 2020 11:37:43 #
kfoo wrote:
What about he pixel on the DX body?
Not sure what your question means. The lens, whether DX or FX, doesn't know or care what "pixels" are on the sensor at the film/sensor plane. The lens simply focuses a circular image at the "film" plane for the sensor to record. A FX lens will focus a larger image than needed to fully cover the DX sensor. The DX sensor essentially crops from the central part of the focused image ( ie. the crop factor, 1.5 for Nikon).
May 21, 2020 14:07:12 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
He was proud because he thought you were trolling. He didn’t realize you were serious.
What's the difference between trolling and serious?
May 21, 2020 14:28:25 #
kfoo wrote:
I have a Nikon D7100. I had a friend of mine give me, he bought a Sony, an FX lens. What are the disadvantages of using the FX lens on a DX body.
for many years I bought FX lens to use on a DX camera ..... only because I knew that one day I would migrate to an FX camera .... which I eventually did ...
May 21, 2020 14:45:20 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
That wasn’t the question. I shoot three different formats, FF, crop and M4/3 and certainly understand how different focal lengths work on all 3.
Then show it. The OP's question was: " What are the disadvantages of using the FX lens on a DX body."
May 21, 2020 14:58:38 #
cameraf4 wrote:
Then show it. The OP's question was: " What are the disadvantages of using the FX lens on a DX body."
And the answer is none.
May 21, 2020 15:00:12 #
BebuLamar wrote:
What's the difference between trolling and serious?
I can’t be responsible for bringing you up to date in the internet age. You’ll need to do your own research.
May 21, 2020 15:37:30 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
CHG_CANON wrote:
No disadvantages. Full-frame lenses will tend to be larger and heavier and more expensive, that's all.
And sometimes, though not necessarily always, of better build quality. My $500 70-300 FX lens IS built better than the $150 DX version.
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