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rennocneb wrote:
so is full frame worth the roughly $2000 price premium? or do i buy more glass? or better yet put money in the bank lol
FF vs APS-C advantages:
- Just over 1 stop better noise performance, assuming equal technology/sensor generations (which is true for D7000 vs D800). However, that advantage disappears for DOF-limited situations where you have to stop-down a FF camera to match the greater DOF of APS-C (assuming identical framing/FOV)
- Sharper images on lenses at/near their wide-open apertures (excludes lenses that are diffraction-limited wide open, like the teles/exotics such as 200mm f/2, 300mm f/2.8, 400mm f/2.8 etc..). Lens MTF is lower at/near wider apertures so the lower FF optical magnification translates to a large acuity difference vs crop than stopped-down. This advantage typically doesn't apply to the extreme borders of the imaging circle.
- Larger/better optical viewfinder
- General speaking, FF cameras have more wide-angle lens options
APS-C vs FF advantages:
- Usually have higher available pixel densities, providing better acuity for focal-length limited situations, esp. when light is good
- 1.3 stops more DOF at equal framing. For DOF-limited low-light situations, this nullifies FF's one-stop High ISO advantage
- Lighter, smaller, less expensive body
- Cheaper, lighter lenses
- Faster development cycles/technological advances, both in body features and sensor technology
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