It also gives better results in low-light situations and also you will notice less noise in the photos.

Because of the bigger sensor you are able to capture more fine detail what is great for editing or printing your photos in a bigger size. The pro’s of a full frame sensor are that they take full advantages of wide-angle lenses, what is preferred for architecture or landscape photographers. If you want to switch to a full frame camera, you are not able to use your crop sensor lenses anymore. You will also lose the wide angle effect of your wide angle lens. You will notice this during the editing process or if you are printing your photos in big sizes. The cropped sensors will result in more noise in low light situations and have slightly less fine details. The con’s of a crop sensor are that the backgrounds will be less blurred compared to full frame sensors. It is perfect for shooting sports or animals because a tele lens will give you even more zoom. Also the lenses that are made exclusive for crop sensor cameras will save you both weight and money. It is less expensive and the cameras are smaller. The pro’s of a crop sensor are that is great to start with if you are new to photography. But it’s not always a good idea, because most of these lenses are bigger, heavier and more expensive than lenses that where made for cropped sensors. This is also why some photographers choose to only buy lenses that will work on both full and cropped cameras. Some lenses are designed to work only on cropped sensors, keep this in mind when you are switching to a full frame camera because you are not able to use these lenses anymore. Note: Canon has a 1.6x crop factor and Nikon a 1.5x crop. This is great for sport- or wildlife photographers because for example a 100mm lens on a full frame sensor, works as a 160mm lens on a 1.6x crop sensor. Crop sensors have a narrower angle of view, which enhances the telephoto effect while reducing the wide angle effect. The cameras supporting this sensor can be smaller and usually cheaper, what is a nice benefit. Because this is a smaller sensor, it has a slight disadvantage in how much fine detail it can capture. That means the edges of the image captured by a full frame camera are cropped by the APS-C sensor. Full FrameĪ crop sensor is smaller than a full frame sensor. The two cameras I used are the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (EN link) / (NL link) (launched Aug’ 2016) and the Canon EOS 77D (EN link) / (NL link) (launched Feb’ 2017).Ĭrop Sensor (or also called APS-C) vs. But of course we start with some important information. So I decided to show you the same lenses on the different sensors with my images so it’s more easy to understand. When I was searching for this topic I discovered a lot of technical stories with many numbers and that was a little boring to read. I’ll show you how the lenses act on both cameras because a 50mm on a full frame camera is not the same as a 50mm on a crop sensor camera. Many starting photographers don’t know the difference between a full frame sensor camera and a crop sensor (APS-C) camera, except for a huge difference in price.

Canon full frame lenses