The factor relating the 50mm focal length of the normal full frame lens and the 31.3mm of the equivalent normal APS-C lens is often called the \"crop factor\", sometimes the \"digital multiplier\". Most crop sensor DSLRs use the “APS-C” format, which is a 3:2 ratio, as is full frame, but approximates the size of Advanced Photo System Classic film, which is closer to 24mm rather than 35mm… It is an excellent addition for environmental portraits, for those detail shots at weddings and other events. If the lens mounts are compatible, many lenses, including manual-focus models, designed for 35 mm cameras can be mounted on DSLR cameras. The 35mm AF-D is pretty sharp wide open at F/2 and has some decent bokeh when close enough to the subject. Going to FX IMO is only worth it if you are shooting wide… Architecture/Landscape. The Nikon E2/E2s (1994),[22] E2N/E2NS (1996)[23] and E3/E3S (1998)[24] digital SLRs as well as the similar Fujifilm Fujix DS-505/DS-515, DS-505A/DS-515A and DS-560/DS-565 models used a reduction optical system (ROS) to compress a full-frame 35 mm field onto a smaller 2/3-inch (11 mm diagonal) CCD imager. A Review of the 7artisans 35mm f/0.95 Lens for Crop Sensor Cameras. It also means I didn’t have to step so far back to capture a scene. Shooting Flowers and Foliage with Telephoto Lenses, Z6 II vs. Z7 II – advice on which one better for enthusiast level, To watermark or not to watermark on prints. The only thing that happens is the body will crop to the center 75% of the lens' projected image due to its smaller sensor. Had I forgotten how much I liked using it? When a lens designed for a full-frame camera, whether film or digital, is mounted on a DSLR with a smaller sensor size, only the center of the lens's image circle is captured. Thanks so much Alis. The full-frame sensor can also be useful with wide-angle perspective control or tilt/shift lenses; in particular, the wider angle of view is often more suitable for architectural photography. Well, my guilt over momentarily neglecting my dear old 35mm has been somewhat purged. On smaller-sensor DSLRs, wide-angle lenses have smaller angles of view equivalent to those of longer-focal-length lenses on 35 mm film cameras. The 35mm give an equivalent field of view of around 52mm, so you will need to step back or forth in order to compose your shot accurately. 14 Comments. But crop sensor … Most people won’t press their face up against the print to examine it :) I think you’ll be just fine, Luc. :). Rather, APS-C (cropped sensor) cameras have a magnification factor of either 1.6x (Canon) or 1.5x (Sony & Nikon). That's … A crop sensor refers to any sensor smaller than a full frame sensor or a 35mm film frame. They were therefore not digital SLRs with full-frame sensors, however had an angle of view equivalent to full-frame digital SLRs for a given lens; they had no crop factor with respect to angle of view. Wish you the best. Additionally, when full-frame sensors were first produced, they required three separate exposures during the photolithography stage, tripling the number of masks and exposure processes. For example, a 24 mm lens on a camera with a crop factor of 1.5 has a 62° diagonal angle of view, the same as that of a 36 mm lens on a 35 mm film camera. The important thing to know is that the crop factor is the ratio of the diagonal dimension of the sensor. I would like to add that I print to size up to 24″X36”thanks for. On a 1.5X crop factor camera, the lens have the following characteristics: The field of view of an 80mm lens (1.5 x 50mm) on a 35mm-based sensor The equivalent depth of field of an f/2.7 lens (1.5 x f/1.8) on a 35mm base sensor. His blog is a growing library of images from his travels, excursions, and his photowalks with friends, and he hopes that by sharing them he can encourage others to worry less about gear and simply go out and shoot. Pixel density is lower on full frame sensors. The ratio of the size of the full-frame 35 mm format to the size of the smaller format is known as the "crop factor" or "focal-length multiplier", and is typically in the range 1.3–2.0 for non-full-frame digital SLRs.