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<blockquote data-quote="Steve B" data-source="post: 226356" data-attributes="member: 15754">People get hung up on this too often. Just remember that a smaller sensor will give you a smaller FOV for a specific focal length and that lenses specifically built for a smaller sensor format will not have an image circle large enough to cover a larger sensor. Good article here: <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/digital-camera-sensor-size.htm" target="_blank">Digital Camera Sensor Sizes: How it Influences Your Photography</a>. Note the one section that states:&nbsp;&quot;The lens focal length does not change just because a lens is used on a different sized sensor — just its angle of view. A 50 mm lens is always a 50 mm lens, regardless of the sensor type. At the same time, &quot;crop factor&quot; may not be appropriate to describe very small sensors because the image is not necessarily cropped out (when using lenses designed for that sensor).&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve B, post: 226356, member: 15754"] People get hung up on this too often. Just remember that a smaller sensor will give you a smaller FOV for a specific focal length and that lenses specifically built for a smaller sensor format will not have an image circle large enough to cover a larger sensor. Good article here: [url=http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/digital-camera-sensor-size.htm]Digital Camera Sensor Sizes: How it Influences Your Photography[/url]. Note the one section that states: "The lens focal length does not change just because a lens is used on a different sized sensor — just its angle of view. A 50 mm lens is always a 50 mm lens, regardless of the sensor type. At the same time, "crop factor" may not be appropriate to describe very small sensors because the image is not necessarily cropped out (when using lenses designed for that sensor)." [/QUOTE]

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