IS FULL FRAME BETTER THAN CROP SENSOR? The truth people often don’t believe 

What sized sensor are you using and why? I'd love to know! Always looking to know my viewers habits and gear to make better videos!

I like this guy. Straight to the point, no obnoxious yelling/loud talking, just simple, concise explanations. Great video!

The thing that separates Simon from others… He gets to the point. Clear, concise, and thorough.

Another ‘no nonsense’, practical and easy to understand video, full of common sense! Keep up the excellent work Simon. Alun

"Use what you have and go out there and take some amazing photos." That is the best photography advice I have heard in some time. The best way to hone your hobby/craft is best accomplished by doing. Thank you Simon!

Gotta give you props. As a m4/3 user I have to say that this is the most even-handed comparison of full frame vs crop/.small sensored cameras I've yet to hear/read. Well done.

This is one if not the best photography channel in my opinion. No bullshit, pure knowledge👍

I use an a6000 as a hobbyist. I have a different profession that I enjoy, so this is just a hobby for me. Even though the a6000 is older,it is very very usable. I was going to spend over 1000 dollars to upgrade my body. But instead I bought better glass and bought topaz de-noise. I’m very glad I went this route as now I get amazing looking photos. Most of my issues I had were do to my knowledge and not my gear. Thanks to Simon. I am enjoying photography far more than I ever have before.

This has to be one of the best explanations of the differences between crop and full size sensors. They need to have this video playing on a big screen in the lens section of every camera store.

Lovely video. I am a terrible photographer because I don't get light/set-up/contrast/subject/depth of field etc, but I have high hopes to become average in 4-5 years. I have invested in the OM1 MKII and a few pro lenses because the other attempts with bridge/street/macro cameras could be junked as the cost was ''acceptable''. Now I can't leave this alone and it's great fun being tutored on RU-vid with kind experts like you. Thank you

I just like to say I REALLY appreciate your patience in explaining full-frame and crop sensor dynamics. Never understood it THIS CLEARLY until now. Thank you, Sir!

Awesome video ! As an amateur enthusiast, I went the M4/3 route for size so traveling was much easier. I also got a M4/3 with weather sealing and a fair bit of pro features like focus stacking. This is the best photography channel, keep up the great content !!

another benefit of crop sensors : sice you need a smaller focal length to emulate the same angle of view compared to full frame cameras, you can run into situation where the focal lenght is small enough that you could get a very small focus distance, as close focusing capabilities degrade when the focal length increases. Also there is something I wanna add about the size and weight : Brands are not taking the same approach when it comes to APS-C, and recently it has gotten a bit worse. Before, in the DSLR days, we had APS-C cameras that could be entry level, with entry level lenses. But we also had pro level cameras that were made specifically to take advantage of a crop sensor (like the 7D line from Canon, D300/D500 cameras from Nikon) as well as prosumer cameras that were the mid/high end of consumer cameras (80D, 90D or the whole D7000 line). What made these cameras such good platforms is that you could use the APS-C glass that was purpose built for them(DX lenses from Nikon, EF-S lenses from Canon), but you could also use the full frame glass on there if you needed more reach or better image quality. But these times are kinda over. Nowadays, the crop sensor market is a lot more dull compared to what it was 5 years ago. The best contender in the APS-C space by far is Fujifilm, with very high quality APS-C cameras, and purpose-built APS-C glass that is very good whithout breaking the bank like a Sony GM lens would. The problem with that system, is that you're basically locking yourself in APS-C as Fujifilm doesn't have any full frame cameras. In firm second place comes Sony, with a good range of lenses, but aging camera bodies that will limit the potential of the whole system and are just here to be a kickstarter to the E mount ecosystem, ultimately pushing people towards full frame if they want basic prosumer features like dual card slots. Canon and Nikon have taken the exact same approach witht their mirrorless APS-C cameras as you have pretty decent cameras (especially on Canon's side with the R7 and R10) but you don't have any glass for it except kit lenses, so if you want good quality glass you'll have to get a full frame lens, and at this point you'd give up the advantage in size and weight that those camera systems would offer. Anyway, this was an outstanding video, with no nonsense and no further confusion added on top of that very controversial subject ! I've been trying to get this right at my level for the last few months and realised that most of the confusion came from youtubers that tried to explain something they didn't fully understand in the first place. You sir, know what you're talking about and it shows!

APS-C works fine for me for all the reasons you mentioned - size, weight, cost, and what I use my photography for as an amateur hobbyist. I always enjoy the combination of your narrative and illustration that results in those AHA! moments, even for subjects we have read about and listened to others talk about many times! Great teaching! Thanks!

Excellent presentation and very non-biased. As a long time amateur photographer using Olympus micro four thirds gear, I prefer it for size and cost considerations. But I know the system has both pros and cons as any camera system. At this stage, I'm more concerned about developing my "eye" and post processing skills rather than spending lots of money chasing sensor size and megapixel count. This video is one of the best, if not the best at presenting an overview of the various sensor sizes. Thanks!

Thank you for the very informative video. There is a push from youtubers to convince everyone that real photographer has to use full frame and the crop cameras are inferior. However after switching from MFT to APS-C, I realized that what matters is to have a good camera that you have with you. Just because of bigger and heavier camera and lenses, I missed tons of shots. Just because of that, I switched back to MFT. Now I can carry my camera everywhere and also I can buy many high quality lenses that deliver fantastic results. I have seen many people buying aps-s or full frame camera to just pair it with one single low quality kit lens. Again, thank you very much for fantastic videos.

Why this channel doesn't have over 500k subscribers is one of youtubes great mystery.great accurate description of sensor size differences

I sold my Sony A7III and bought FujiFilm X-T3 and couldn't be happier. I shoot mostly landscapes and shooting with the camera is so much fun. The only difference real difference I perceive between FF and APS-C is that every time I change lenses I have to calculate the focal length equivalents so that I know what fov the lens has.

I am using a couple of Lumix GX8s (micro 4/3) for hobbyist wildlife and landscape photography, the light weight makes it practical to carry 2 of them with different lenses. An undocumented "feature" is that no-one takes much notice of a "toy" camera.

You're the clearest, most objective photography teacher I've ever watched. Great video.

Found your channel and love it for clear reasons: 1. You are smart, know the tech and are not afraid to talk about it on a high level. Astro stuff included. 2. The pacing of your videos are up-tempo and information packed. Keep it fast and dense. Love the channel.

When I went from DSLR to Mirrorless I moved up from a crop sensor to a 46MP Full-Frame. I feel like with this combo I get the best of both worlds! When I need to crop in to a standard APS-C size, I still get a nice sharp 20 MP image.

9:58 I’ve been arguing this with photographers for years. The people I’m arguing with always compare a 50mm full frame lens to a 50mm equivalent APS-C lens, using the same aperture value at the same distance, or just like your example, try to frame the exact same with the same lens using both sensor sizes to try and prove their point. Your video proved literally what I’ve been saying for a long time. Great video as always. I’ll send people to this video anytime that conversation gets brought up.

I needed to listen to this video again. Everyone else just talk about their own kind of photography. It is hard finding someone like you who understand that different kinds of photography work different and some characterisrics of the gear are more or less important than in other generes.

The fact that you provide these videos for free is amazing, So much information packed in such a short time and delivered so clearly. Thank you so much!

My photography mentor took me to Kenya (saved up for a year for that trip!) and demonstrated why he only shot crop sensor Nikon bodies. Instead of putting all his money into the newest full-frame gizmos, he put his money into the lenses. He used a Nikkor 400mm 2.8 lens on his crop sensor body and got reach and depth of field the rest of us could only dream of. Using the effective 600mm body/lens combo he grabbed a close-up portrait of a lion mid-roar. That photo was sold to CC Africa for one of their catalogs and paid for his entire trip. The body? A several years-old D200 that he shot until the camera wore out and then he got a D7100. I learned to stop reading internet reviews and megapixel comparisons. The proof was in the images.

You're a natural teacher. Thanks so much. I've been using a crop sensor for years (portability) but have been thinking about full frame. I have a trip to Alaska next year and would love to have a crop sensor on one hip and a full frame / travel tripod on the other. I guess you always want what you don't have.

Simon is the best photography teacher on RU-vid.

Sometimes, I check if this is a Masterclass channel I'm watching. Thank you sir for giving us high quality photography episodes!

Your objective assessment is one of the things that keeps bringing me back. Just the facts please. Simplicity and accuracy in presentation are a great skill not often seen. Thank you. You make it seem so easy, but so well thought out. I'm an APS-C user which I chose for reasons of cost, size and weight. I'm 70 years old and one-handed. Size and weight are critical issues. I bought the gear a couple of years ago new and have no regrets. Well... weather sealing would have been nice. I cope.

I'm a MFT guy and never regretted it. The majority of trips I do are on foot and the small size is a plus. But what really counts is the weight, or the lack of. Glass is heavy and after a 10Km trip to a location you will be happy about every gramm you don't have to carry back.

Dear Simon. Your explanations are like someone asks you and you give the answers to the point without any extra telling and without missing a thing. Thank you very much.

I watched many explanations/debates on the same subject. Your presentation is by far the best, easiest to understand, and best delivery style. Cheers!

I use M4/3. After having used it as an amature for 10 years I don't think I would change. The small form factor, low cost and features that exceed my skill level make it a really good fit for me.

Finally someone said it correctly. I love the fact you do understand both the physics aspects and art of taking photos. I would maybe mention that to simulate same crop you have to have "shorter" lens on your crop sensor - therefore the distortion introduced will be different. I do family photos, some landscapes and a bit of street. Now with 80D and 18-135 lens. But know internally that my go-to these days would be R5 and RF 24-240 just to have all-in-one package ready to do everything anytime

There are lots of these channels, but after a few minutes I knew this is my guy. He knows his stuff and is very to the point. I love that.

Your teaching style, demeanor, and delivery are exceptional. Smart. Concise. Correct. Subbed!

I love how knowledgeable you are, it's incredibly evident in your ability to simply, and efficiently, explain what, at first brush for me, a complicated topic. Thank you for sharing your expertise!

Simon, not sure you'll see this but its worth the effort. Of all the channels I scour to master the craft, you have some of the most illusory videos here, so thank you for your efforts. I'm a Director and DP in LA, and have been committed to the craft for over 15 years now, and I'm still learning. My mom is an amatuer wildlife photographer, and in the last 10 years, has progressed far enough that her photos outshine anything I could hope to capture. Im going to show her your channel tomorrow so that she has you a resource, as well as myself. You give us the information we need.

Content is KING: Your dialog is for learning, your presentation is A++ teacher....a winning combination. I love to learn from you, just like others have said. Me, I am a situational photographer. I see it, I take it, I make sure to sell it. My camera of choice: Fuji X T-5 with 35mm 1.4; 70-300 with 1.4 teleconverter; 16-80mm ; 30mm 2.8 macro. I often go back and relisten so I can absorb more...thank you.

this is by far the best explanation on youtube. thank you very much. 👍

Great video, it reminds me that back in the 90's, when I was working on machine vision systems for robotics applications, I got chatting to a Photographer who was disappointed with his Digital Cameras. After years of only using 35mm kit, and getting pretty comfortable with it, he didn't like having to rethink almost everything he did, when using his digital cameras. He couldn't re-use the lenses for his film cameras on his digital camera bodies and expect the same results, every combination had to be thought about. He asked when the industry would start producing digital cameras with sensors the same size as 35mm film, and I couldn't answer. At the time, the largest sensors I'd worked with were 3/4", but I had researched a 1" square sensor (which used a pair of piezo cells to physically nudge the die, to quadruple the effective resolution) and explained how much more expensive that was. I could explain how silicon lithography processes worked though, and how expensive, relatively speaking, such a large 'chip' would be, and how the likelihood of a single defect ruining a whole sensor die would push up the price even more, but I had no idea that it would take a decade before these problems were solved well enough that full frame cameras would hit the mainstream.

Awesome take on the topic! I like you don't choose one sensor in the end of the video as most people do. I personally switched from Canon Fullframe to Lumix M43. For example, I have an optically perfect Leica 200/2.8 paired with 1.4x TC, reaching almost 600 mm with the crop factor. Paired with the Lumix G9, the whole setup is weather sealed. It's an extremely good build quality, and all for a fracture of a FF lens + body price. Another great portrait / product lens is Leica 42,5/1.2 which is an absolute treasure for me. There might be quite a noise issue on the higher ISO, but there are many brands as Topaz Labs so I can easily crop it, denoise it, then enlarge it. Or I can also use the 80Mpx mode on the Lumix G9 which really allows me to crop deep in the picture. I'm currently saving up for the new OM 90/3.5 macro which gets up to 2:1 magnification (not 4:1 as often wrongly mentioned), weather sealed, with AF so I can do bracketing right in the camera... I'm happy with this system and that's the most important thing. :-)

What a great video. No fluff, just pure honesty and knowledge. I like that you used examples for why even some professionals would choose crop over full frame!

Thank you. One of the best videos on this topic. I too have a Canon 7Dmkii and Canon M50 and absolutely love them. Travelled the world with them and shot everything from wildlife to cityscapes, landscapes, concerts and weddings. The issue is not the sensor, it is people not understanding the different sensor types and how to get the best out of them, and not being prepared with the correct equipment for what they are doing

i love the fact you are unbiased on whatever you comment on. thanks, keep it up, im never going to be a great photoghrapher but am interested in getting better. my first experience in SLR was i was a tattooist (this is in the days of film) i bought the most expensive compact camera you could get at the time with the biggest zoom lens but could not get go pics of my tatts so i went into jessops (when they were still on the highstreet) and explained to the assistant my problem. he gave me a knowing look and gave me an SLR and said borrow this for your photos. what an eye opener, it was like night and day obviously i bought the camera (a canon D10) i quickly realised how much more you could do with an SLR. my camera now is a 2000d, yes i still use my phone for photos but it still cant compete with a DSLR

I wish I found your channel 13 years ago when I started photography. Everything is explained so clearly with no fuss and complicated theory, exactly what a beginner needs (needed in my case). Keep up the great work. Merci Simon!

I definitely needed this advice, and the rest of your channel has been equally helpful. As an amateur photographer, my greatest worry has been that my 15-year old crop sensor camera is holding me back from progressing to a professional level. I've come to realize that gear-wise, the lens is more important than the camera, and technique, practice, and passion will get us far. As you said, the best camera for you is the one you have in your hand and you use. Great advice in these videos, thanks for sharing!

Hello and thank you for an informative compilation of "pros" and "cons" for sensor sized cameras. I have two crop sensor cameras: a Canon APS-C 80D and an Olympus OMD-E1 MkIII. I don't use a full frame camera, not because of it's features, but because of it's weight. I am losing my arm strength due to a very old war injury, so carrying a heavy lens+camera is not possible. I would love to be able to carry and use the larger sized sensor cameras just as you do. I am both a nature and astrophotographer as you. Your work and your RU-vid tutorials and information is excellent.

Great video and videos. I use all three sensor sizes. If I am traveling by air, or if I am concerned about weather conditions.and know I need to be on foot for a long time...Olympus OMD EM-1 mark II, micro 4/3's. if I'm traveling and don't have a weather concern: I bring my Canon R7 (APS-C) with full frame glass. And if I'm driving to a destination or to an event, and don't have a concern about packing light; I bring the Canon R6 along with my Olympus. Of all the systems, I have kept the Olympus gear the longest. I have shot Sony, Minolta, Nikon Fuji and now Canon, over the past 50 years. I gave up waiting on Nikon years ago when they delayed getting into mirrorless. I owned and used both FF and APS-C Sony, but the ergonomics of the cameras didn't suit me.

Wow, finally I found someone who explains things in a simple but professional way. Thank you, I have become a big fan of yours after only two videos! Keep up the good work.

This is probably the best - and most concise video I've seen on this subject! I like to shoot full frame and crop sensor - it just depends on circumstances! Thanks for another great video.

Another great video. I went M 4/3 (Lumix G9) when I got back into photography 2 years ago. I did spend the $ to go with a few of the higher-quality Leica lenses. I like the lower weight factor due to some rotator cuff issues. I do miss the nighttime shots but with sports, street and wildlife photography as my main hobby, I'm very happy with my choice. I appreciate the fact you presented this in a non-judgemental way of comparing the variety of types of cameras. It is fun to shoot with the smaller, shorter M4/3 lens and have others look at you and wonder what you're shooting with when it is so much smaller than the full frame lens.

As explained by Tony Northrup: You get the same image with an APS-C camera by selecting a lens with a ~33% reduction in focal length and in F# (shoot from the same distance). So your 24 to 75mm F4 zoom on a full frame should be replaced with a 17-50 mm F2.8 zoom on an APS-C. The total light landing on the sensor will also be approximately matched. (If the number of pixels is the same on both cameras then the number of photons per pixel will match.) So simple. Unfortunately what Simon did NOT mention is that fast zoom lenses are difficult to find for APS-C cameras. An F4 zoom on an APS-C is a slow lens.

I have never before found someone who could explain these things so clearly, without favoring 1 over the other. I really like the "different tools for different jobs" mindset in your videos. Very nice work!

I love your videos because they're to the point with no BS and you cover all the aspects of a topic and with authority

Many presenters on RU-vid offer information and opinions with a clear bias. Yours do not, which is something I appreciate. Your presentation on sensor size is a perfect example of your objective approach. You did not, for instance, immediately inform us that bigger is better as some presenters do. Instead, you provided the viewers with relevant information, contextualized it and then left it us to us to decide. Bravo!

Nice video Simon! The same way in which crop is better for wildlife photography, fullframe is better for almost all other everyday genres including landscapes where we need wide to normal focus ranges. I mean a lot of people after playing with telephoto for some time understand that most of everyday pictures are located within wide and normal ranges. On the other hand for landscapes with crop it's usually enough to set f=8-11 in most situation, but in FF you need to choose between not enough DOF (8) and difraction losses (16-22), if I remember correctly (not an active photographer last few years), so it's always a hard choice. Anyway I think for some people (including me) FF is just need-to-reach achievement just to experience how it feels to use 35mm, as for many years before the digital era comes :)

I started in photography with a sony a7r3 and a 16/35gm in which I exclusively do landscape photography. I do mountaineering and I go to places difficult to reach and high, and the sony in a snow storm suddenly turned off. Since then I sold my sony a6600 and bought the OM1 with the 12/40proII 2.8 and with its 50 megapixel handheld photography it does not detract at all in landscape photography, I also use it in macro with the 60mm and the new 90mm macro, and with the price of a 600 mm in ff buy the 40/150 pro and the 100/400 from Olympus. Nobody disputes the quality of FF but my om1 has been with me in very hostile places, snow storms, rain, at Montblanc, at the Gran Paradiso, etc... and it has never failed me. I barely use my Sony camera anymore. With the weight of this and two objectives I carry a camera and four Olympus objectives.

So useful and to the point. One of the best videos on the subject. Thank you.

This video is gold .my man explains and simplifies what you want only .no filler talks no ads and no nonsense

It's always nice to see someone explaining this in an honest manner and cutting through the bad info that has been spread for years. I think the DOF issue is such a big one that lingers out there.

Brilliant lecture about Pros and Cons of different sensor sizes! Agree with every point you make Simon! I changed several times from mFT to full frame and back again. Three years ago I settled for Nikon's Z full frame system, and I am happy in every respect. Image quality is definetely better, which is important in landscape photography. I also can transform the full frame camera into an APS-C camera by cropping the files (DX- mode), which stretches the reach of my lenses.

Is wonderful video again Simon! One thing I wish you would have mentioned is that when discussing equivalency between the APS C and full frame cameras: you have to multiply both the focal length and the aperture by the crop factor. You discuss this a little bit when talking about background blur, but I'm a mathematical guy so in my brain it's easier if I just do the conversion.

This is the best explanation ive of crop vs fullframe ive ever watched on YT, awesome!

Love the information. One thing that is great about new features for post processing is you can adjust and manipulate different factors of an image that takes away the need for some of the hardware we would need for those purposes. I bought a crop sensor camera in 2018 and have shot everything and made a business with that one camera. All the new updates to lightroom and photoshop have expanded how easily and quickly I can get very creative. And have my work stand out without buying expensive equipment. All I have is 3 lenses, 2 powerful strobes and 3 modifiers. And a 6 year old camera. And my customers are always blown away by my work. All thanks to post processing. I never feel bad standing next to someone with a full frame camera and 20k worth of lenses.

Once again - a complex topic with a very clear explanation. I use micro four thirds because of the size, weight and cost of high quality lenses. Hand holding my 200-800mm equivalent lens is enough of a plus for me!

Sensor crop factor finally clicked for me. Thank you for such great and easy to understand explanation.

Thanks for that! I started out with a Nikon D7200 but bought lenses for a full frame camera. When I finally moved up to a full frame D780 I was surprised and mildly disappointed that my reach was diminished with my lenses. To regain that reach I sometimes set the D780 to the smaller DX crop size. Now I know why the images were not as sharp as I had hoped. I'm glad I didn't sell the D7200. It still has a purpose.

I’m impressed that Simon cuts to the chase, gets to the point with a minimum of words. This shows high knowledge and experience with his subject matter. We get facts based on practical experience here, which is much more valuable than opinions, based on little or no practical knowledge or experience.

This is the best explanation of Crop vs Full Frame that I've heard. I imagine it took some time to really figure out how to explain this so concisely. Either that or you're just that natural of a teacher.

I am trying EF lens on a 90D. They work well, and I may invest in a full frame. Maybe a used 5D MK iv, but I am in no hurry. I am getting great results off the 90D.

This is excellent! Thank you. One quibble: You suggest sensor size is related to additional features. I'm an OM-1 shooter and am amazed at the features in this relatively small sized sensor body. Far more features, I think, than are in its larger sensor competitors. All the best and looking forward to your future videos!

Really good video; very clear and understandable...thank you! I am a MFT user. I used to use APSC, but even that was too big and heavy for me now. I love the small form factor and the crop factor. I'm less concerned about the low light performance and though lovely FF blurry backgrounds are incredibly beautiful, I am willing to sacrifice it for those other features.

I am a professional multimedia guy at a local university and this was a nice refresher, details escape me over time. Appreciate your education!

After 20 years i'm upgrading my EOS 1D Mark ii to a EOS R6 Mark II. I have some amazing photos with my old camerra and Im very exiting to take it to the next level using my very expesive lenses. Thank Simon for you videos. They are great!

Simon, you nailed the question you pinned 8 minutes ago. I subscribed to your channel recently because of your effective delivery of photography concepts. Watching this video of yours was another revelation. Now I have a holistic view of crop sensors, and it provides a closer view of the subject but with a better pixel spread, depending on the camera specs being used. Thanks for sharing. Absolutely great learning. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you.

Full frame is definitely better, I used to think that I'd never own a FF camera because of how good the cropped sensors were, but I was wrong. Granted, I probably couldn't have afforded a full frame sensor anyways, but you get a tremendous amount of flexibility when you have a FF sensor to work with. You can downsize things a bit for noise reduction, or you can crop it at amounts between 1.x and the typical 1.6x that cropped sensors tend to be. And you generally just have more pixels to work with.

Simon! I love, love, love the photography content you're making on this channel and your teaching style is so calm and informative. I look forward to every video so please keep up the good work my friend. Sending you best wishes from here in the UK :)

Simon’s explanations are much clearer than everyone else’s and correct where many others are wrong or confusing

So far, I feel you know really about what you’re talking about. I launched this video thinking I’d need to comment about size, weight, price to end up with less resolution when you want to crop a subject (birds in mind)... but you started right away with that. Finally a photographer that understands the maths and physics behind photography and also that a digital camera is not a film camera (not that important in this video, but I’ve seen others for that matter). I’m not pro, but that’s why I have a fuji xt3 for most of my photo with too many lenses and I bought a Z6 for milkyway night photography, and I have specialized cooled astro cameras with smaller sensors for real astrophotography. The right tool, at the right price, for what you want to do. Now that I know better what I want to photograph, I have bought a second z6 (astro modified for more nightscape images) and I’m considering the xt5 for the higher resolution (and better AF) for the rest.

I wish I knew all this before buying my first camera (full frame). Although it’s absolutely great indeed in terms of image quality and ability to shoot in low light, I did certainly underestimate how bulky and cumbersome this equipment would be, especially after taking a special interest in street photography, where it’s very hard to go unnoticed while shooting with this gear. (and the price also of lenses is intimidating)

I have the Canon 90D. Crop-sensor with 32 MP. Sometimes I see people mentioning that so many megapixels on a smaller sensor can make it harder for some lenses to resolve enough resolution for that sensor. I mostly shot with EF-S 10-18 (got the 10-22 as well, but a bit bigger) and EF 24-105 f4 IS II. Daily photos when walking is shot with my iphone 14 pro. I like playing around with it in different settings to find situations where it’s useful and when less so.

Absolutely wonderful explanation, thank you ! So nice that you cleary understand the technology as well as its application. The organization and delivery of knowledge is perfectly paced. Its clear you put considerable thought and work into this. Thank you !

I absolutely love how concise and simply you explain everything without being repetitive or sounding condescending. You also have a very nice cadence and tone of voice, easy to listen to and absorb the information. As a new subscriber I am looking forward to learning more about photography, thanks for all you do.

Great presentation - Thanks for eventually clarifying quite a few of my concerns - a lot to consider - but nice and clear - Bravo!!🤜🏼

ISO 3200 on m4/3 is equivalent to ISO 6400 on Full-Frame. This calculation is also consistent when comparing focal length and aperture; regardless if it’s 1.5x,1.6x or 2x. I prefer FF, mainly because I have access to large aperture lenses, but enjoy my m4/3’s and crop bodies for many other different scenarios.

I use a Canon 1D mark lV, the latest camera produced by Canon with APS-H sensor which has the crop factor of x1.3, it is halfway between the F.F. and the aps-c, as such has never given me problems because it adapts to most situations...

Former and current Nikon user. But when it comes to birds and wildlife, instead of replacing my D850 with a Z9 - and a monster 400 or 600 mm lens - I bought the OM1 and paired it with the 150-400mm (300-800mm ffe) 4.5 TC pro. Haven’t looked back. The combination of reach up to 1000mm at 5.6 and portability, as well as the speed and capabilities of the OM1, make this combo the premier bird and wildlife package on the market today. And I’m an old guy with lots of money - more money than brains, in fact - so cost is not a factor. And, contrary to the full frame fanboys, the IQ is fantastic, especially with the software available today. At first I hesitated to push ISO. But ETTR and high ISO cleans up beautifully - I have a chickadee take-off photo using pro-capture at 25600. Hope you give it a test drive, Simon. I think you will be surprised in the best of ways. Smaller, lighter, cheaper, better is the way to go.

Wonderfully informative and perfectly presented (i.e., pace, voice inflection). Also the production quality and illustrative examples were topnotch. A pleasure to watch and learn, Simon.

I totally agree with your final word. The best camera is the camera that you have with you and take pictures with.

Great video as always Simon. I've been considering some of these things lately as I consider how to get back into the photography hobby! I think that I am heading down the route of saving for a full frame camera because of the greater choice of quality lenses as well as the superior low light performance.

I use full frame that allows me to switch to crop sensor mode so I get the ability to use both in one body.

I have never seen it explained so well with raw facts and demonstrations. really solidified my choice to stick with crop sensors for wildlife. Thank you for how you do what you do.

I have watched so many videos on full frame versus crop sensor and this one was the most informative, helpful and easy to understand. Thank you

For me as an architect, I like my M4/3-Camera for it's transportability and small ultra wide lenses. And for private photos of nature, the same camera is good for a bigger depth of field. This is the reason, macros turn out better. I personally see no advantage of an full-frame-camera for me and my work.

For me it definitely depends more on the job or occasion. I wouldn't always take an APSC camera to a paid gig and I'd take full frame gear for absolute detail and file quality. I would take apsc camera if there is a telephoto shot that I want. On the other hand, if I am hiking or just doing day to day stuff for myself, I will rarely ever take full frame gear with me. The lenses are too heavy. I'd rather have the energy to explore and walk around.

Personally, I now just started using full frame compared to crop sensor. All of my lenses have full frame coverage and I really love the images full frame sensors capture. Esp my vintage lenses, you see the full coverage of what the lens can do. Now, there are more affordable options compared to crop sensor, which is how I settled on that decision. I got a a7SII for $750, which is a very good deal given how much the newest model costs. One benefit to full frame, the less shallow DoF is something I actually like because of how my picture profile is set up. After shooting almost entirely at the fastest aperture, Slog3 works best when you give it f4-5.6 without ND filters, which really makes you reconsider when you do use shallow DoF. This has changed how I shoot. It's all really about what you prefer to shoot on. There are amazing crop sensors like the FX30, which probably is my favorite crop sensor camera of them all. I like the look of a full frame 35mm sensor, but you can get equally amazing results on a crop sensor. The technology for both is now incredible, which makes both a good option depending on how you like your shots to look. There's one benefit to crop sensors, and that any lenses with VNDs with vignetting or poor edge quality; those problems go away. It's a lot more riskier to buy vintage glass when the edge of the lens glass meets the lens barrel, and most fungus stays around those edges. I do like the excitement of a risk, but there are pros and cons to each type of sensor imo, so really, just shoot on whatever you like.

The first video that... really helped me making a choice on my next system! Maybe because you are one of the few photographers I follow that are focussed on wildlife and animal photography and also kinda technical, and therefore - good example in the video - looking for other things in pictures and cameras compared to landscape, wedding, portrait so on photography. Being kinda unsatisfied with the X-T3, not only because of the horribly slow AF/AF-C, I couldn't decide if APS-C or full frame. Because, like you mentioned, I get an additional zoom due to the crop factor. Also price is always an issue and many photographers pointed out, that "with full frame you just get more megapixels that you don't need". Meaning: throwing them away, when later cropping the picture, like you also have shown. But that couldn't explain one issue I, besides the mentioned AF problems with fast moving objects, like e. g. animals: that my pictures where always a little bit more noisy, especially in post production, in my preferred shooting situations: golden/blue hour. Despite having a very low focal length. Mixed with usually very grey objects - wolfdogs - it drives you crazy!

9:58 is the example & explanation I've been trying to find for years. Thank you!