gmango85

I have used FF almost exclusively until I purchased a Canon 7D II. Love that camera but gave it to my son. I often borrow it as it is a joy to use. Best ergonomics for me.

CWGordon

As usual, CHG Canon got right to the point; cut through all the 💩.
His remark, right before this (my) one says in one sentence that which myself and others need paragraphs to state.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Many drag racers.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Your all arguing about the quality of the painters brush. Yes if it’s coming apart and leaving strands in the paint that will mess up the painting. And of course there is softness, size, flow characteristics, to consider. But give the same brush to two painters, one skilled the other not, what will happen? Same thing with camera bodies, and lenses.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I use both full frame and APS-C cameras.

APS-C... 90 to 95% of the time.
Full frame... 5 to 10%.

If I had to choose only one or the other, it would definitely be APS-C.

I do a lot of sports shooting... as well as quite a bit of birds and wildlife... and that means telephotos. Using APS-C allows me to use smaller, lighter telephotos that... in tun... allow me to be more mobile. (I've got a couple of the "big lenses", but there are often times I prefer to not use them.)

APS-C cameras have improved dramatically over the last ten or fifteen years... My current APS-C make usable images at ISOs higher than was possible with full frame a couple generations ago. Today I use APS-C that have as much resolution as some older full frame and are only slightly lower than many current models... In fact, if I wanted I could buy an APS-C today that's got more resolution than many current FF.

This is not to say there aren't some things that full frame is good at... preferable even. I still use mine for macro and portraits... and the occasional landscape or architectural shot. For depth of field control (both shallow and deep, large aperture and small)... and for really high ISO/low light.... FF still has an edge over crop cameras.

Vlemasters

I will not go back. In fact have my 77d up for sale

ecurb Loc: Metro Chicago Area

Mind = processor
The mind is the penultimate processor

Ollieboy

👍👍👍

Angmo

I was a 35mm and 6x6 medium format film user.

Went digital years ago and currently have a D850. Am presently looking to get a MF digital camera. The D850 is superb, but I’m looking to get a bit more out of an image.

cmaxi

I have had both and the Fuji APS-C produces the best results I have ever experienced. Nothing comes close. Especially the Fuji film simulations. The colors. You can't get them anywhere else no matter how much you spend or how much extra weight you want to carry around. Check out Zack Arias' YouTube labeled "Crop or Crap" or something like that. With the new technologies that are emerging, FF is becoming something of a joke. Look at some of the fabulous images made nowadays with phones! I don't believe that they are FF sensors! I envision the APS-C sensors having the same sort of competition in the future. FF is a great triumph of slick marketing. Cameras as jewelry.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

Nope, not going back. Have D800e and D850, use both and keep a D300 for a just in case.....

Angmo

I’ve got a D300 too. Since I can change the D850 format or toss on a DX lens and shoot at 20mb the D300 has become a dust collector. Really liked the D300, but may as well sell it.

CWGordon

Anything that can be done in a cell phone sensor or an APS-C sensor can surely be topped by a full-frame sensor. That is only common-sense. I am not saying that you cannot get great images with a cell-phone or crop sensor. I am saying the sensor-size has to be one of the factors in the equation. Of course the photographer makes a difference, as well. The lens is another factor. Good lenses will “help” any sensor. A poor quality lens will not maximize any sensor. The photographer is the most variable of the factors. The lens used will affect how much of a lenses potential is realized. Size of the sensor does not, in and of itself, create quality. However, if two sensors of equal quality are of different sizes, why would you not accept that the larger would provide the better image?

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

I keep both cameras, but only have FF lenses that way for wildlife shots I increase the crop factor by 1.5 (Nikon) for the crop cameras.

cmaxi

Sensor size is such a tiny part of the photographic experience. I will admit that I am highly prejudiced. I recently converted to using Fuji X-T and X-E series. The cameras themselves are a joy to use. The images are exemplary. They compare to Canon and Nikon like a Porsche compares to a Chevy Suburban - both good in their own right but both offering vastly different things to different people. Fuji colors are incredible and not available with any other brand. Canon and Nikon are stuck in the past.