Boosesb wrote:
I usually get a media access sideline pass so I do t think the reach of the crop would be that big of a difference.
Thanks in advance for everyone’s input.
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BooSesb... and others on this Thread... *** I had to repost because part got cut off ***
With all due respect to everyone,,,, there is no such thing as an 'Advantage' with .. 'the reach of a crop ' sensor... This is a "MYTH" which has been created by the manufacturer of cameras to make the buyers of smaller chip cameras feel better about themselves because they, the camera buyer, bought a cheaper camera...
The primary advantage, (if not maybe the only advantage) of a smaller sensor is that it lowers cost.... of the making of the sensor and the making of the camera itself to some degree..... If anything, a photographer is actually shooting themselves in the foot because they are 'putting the same angle of view' on a smaller canvas or sensor,,, and 'throwing away' the 'outer edge' of the the advantage of using a larger sensor...
First, let me say, I have owned both 'cropped' and 'full size' sensor cameras and I made a decision a number of years ago, to sell my 'crop sensor' and stick strictly with 'full framed sensors...' I currently now own the 1Dx, the 5D Mk III, the 5D, Mk IV, and the 5Ds-R.... I choose which camera to use based on what type of shooting I will be doing... and I shoot mostly landscapes, nature and wildlife... & enjoying shooting a lot of birds-in-flight... I have been doing photography since 1967/1968 when I worked a lot at John F. Kennedy Space Center... and I finally moved into digital photography in 2008 after my cataract eye surgery...
With all of that said,,, I have done a lot of my own research and it is a fact that.... Just because you have a 'Cropped Sensor' ... there is 'NO TRUTH that this gives you an advantage...' To prove this to yourself.... preform the following experiment:
1) Find a shooting location and a target where distance will not change during this test
2) Set up a tripod at one point.... and place a target at the second point at a given distance
3) Put you Crop Sensor camera onto the tripod.. with a given lens and shoot the 'test image'
4) Then change two things...
. A) Replace crop sensor camera on the tripod with a full sensor camera.. &
. B) and keep the same memory card but, put the same card into the second camera....
5) Be sure to keep the same lens, at the same distance and at the same same focal distance...
6) Now, shoot the test shot again...
7) Compare the two resulting images in you faviorate image viewer.....
... After doing the above and as you view your images, you will think... Humm, the cropped sensor is bigger.... NO, this is not true... what is you are doing is 'stretching' the image to 'fit into the same space on the screen and this is exactly what you are doing when you process or print the picture.... 'stretching' which the process in and of itself, gives you a 'lower quality' results given the same overall elements of the process. .. Think about this..... because you have a smaller (cropped sensor),,, you are 'stretching' the product.. like a rubber band............
With a Cropped Sensor' you are shooting with the same lens, which has the same lens 'Angle of View' and you are shooting at the same distance from your camera to the subject being photographed..... In reality, what the camera owner is doing is, getting the same 'Rays of Light' being reflected by the subject, BUT, you are putting 'LESS' of that 'VIEW' onto a canvas or sensor... AND, because you have a sensor which is some 40% smaller... THEN, you have to 'enlarge' that canvas or smaller sensor, you get the false impression that you are getting a 'longer reach'..... This absolutely NOT True...
In closing, If there was a 'real advantage' to all of the above, why don't the manufacture cameras make cameras with only with a smaller sensor ???... As I stated before, there is “NO ADVANTAGE” to shooting a smaller size sensor…. Other than cost of equipment..... and in the end....... You must decide as to what is "BEST" for you're needs and your budget
What I am saying is:.... The larger sensor of the 5D is a tremendous advantage to consider
Cheers
GeoVz
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