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 p.15 #18 · Giving up 5D II for NEX? My experience in Japan | |
carstenw wrote:
Douglas, it sounds like you know well about MF, so my caution is clearly not needed. About FF vs. APS-C, I don't think there is a massive difference, but it is there. As Philippe says, part of the difference is in the glass, but also in DR and colour.
There is one fact which appears to have been forgotten almost completely in this thread. If you want to compare FF and APS-C sensors, pitting the D700 against the D7000, or the NEX-5N against the 5D Mark II is meaningless. The technology moves fast, and the FF options are currently several years old, i.e. at least two generations, so here is my counter-challenge for those who claim that there is little difference: please use APS-C results from cameras released around the time of the D3 and 5DII to show that there is no difference. If you want to compare apples to apples, we will have to wait until the 1D-X is out. There will be a difference (again). Planning a kit for the future, it is necessary not just to look at the current options, but also what might come.
About the glass, Philippe has hit it bang on the head, there is not, and likely never will be the same variety of high-end great or interesting glass for APS-C that there is for FF. This is where my interest in APS-C dies. m4/3 has had more longevity and the interesting glass is beginning to be in place, such as the 12/2, 25/1.4 and 45/1.8....Show more →
Sensors have matured to the point where what we have right now is very good for the print sizes I'm currently using. I've yet to make a print with the A900 or current aps-c camera where a little more DR and tonality or a little less noise would have made it more successful, and this isn't 2002, where every sensor generation was making leaps and bounds. I'll gladly take improvements in the future***, but, for right now, I choose the massive system size advantage of the 5N over the slight IQ improvements of my A900...or even the likely improvements in the next generation of 135 cameras. Of course, if someone made a 135 camera in a small package, I'd have no problem going that route. I'm not arguing that larger sensors aren't better. I'm just weighing the IQ advantage against other attributes, and NEX is the current sweetspot for me.
As far as lenses are concerned, I'm primarily an all manual, standard and/or short tele shooter a large majority of the time, so there are tons of options out there for me with just about any system. Except on the widest end, adjusting my lenses for aps-c hasn't been too big of a deal, and I've been fine with the CV 15 for wide shots.
***note: Since sensors have gotten so good, I'm wondering if some of us may keep our digital cameras for longer than in the past, as the sensor IQ "signature" may start becoming a part of our personal style?? Many film shooters didn't change to a new film every year or two, despite improvements being made in film quality, because that film became part of their "look." Hmm, not sure.
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, but here is a couple of comparisons I did between my 5D and 40D years ago.....
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