I never realised

having upgraded to a D800 from a D5100, I never realised just how much difference that 100% viewfinder would make. I now find my photos have cropped feet, bits of what I thought would be the edge of my photos cropped... I really must get used to checking right to the edge of my image BEFORE I press the shutter.

Hubby and I went to one of the original cotton mills from the industrial revolution at the weekend.. and as it was a tight space, I now find that more than half my photos have parts of the machinery missing

Used to that "invisible edge", eh?

OOPS! I will say, if it continues to cause stress, I can help alleviate that by offering a shipping address for that Full Frame pest!

Are you saying the D5100 had a fuller view

I always have 'shot wide' for the simple fact that having a couple hundred extra pixels on all four sides of the subject makes it much easier to do post work like cropping, rotating/straightening, lens distortion correction, keystone correction, etc.

mikew said:

Are you saying the D5100 had a fuller view

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I think the sentiment is, you get used to knowing that the viewfinder isn't showing everything the sensor is going to nab, so you don't frame so wide through the viewfinder. Moving up to one that's larger, you frame like you're used to, but now it's really cropping what you can't see instead of having that "grace" around the border. I experienced a small amount of this jumping from the D3100 to the D7100, so I had to get used to shooting a little wider as well.

I had that problem with the F801 then N90s then jumped to the F5 and then my mindset for composing changed completely. much brighter, larger viewfinder also was a real treat to work with. before you shoot always move your eye quickly around the edge. when I shoot family formals at weddings, I look up and down only.

Oh its nice to know I'm not the only one that had this issue.

I suppose I will get used to having no "wiggle room" eventually... I love the bigger brighter viewfinder, but I just need to remember that "what I see is what I get" not 5% more