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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 167207" data-attributes="member: 9240">Wayne, I have to say, quite simply, that you're simply way off base in your simplified view of the differences.&nbsp; Crop is one aspect of the differences.&nbsp; Pixel density, while independent of sensor size, is another important aspect as it dictates pixel size, regardless of sensor, and pixel size directly impacts light information and subsequently IQ.&nbsp; An FX sensor can appear, on paper, to be &quot;more crowded&quot; than a DX sensor, but if you compare the 36MP D800 to the 24MP D7100 you'll find that pixel density is greater on the DX camera and the pixel size smaller, with the D800 pixel size and density being comparable to the D7000.&nbsp; So the difference you have there is the investment/cost of the sensor technology itself, because they are in no way equal or you would have been hearing all about the shortcomings of glass with the D7000.I'm poking at you a little bit, but it's because reinforces the fallacy that the differences are &quot;simple&quot;, and there are far too many people try to explain them that way.&nbsp; The differences are an amalgam of many factors, none of which should be considered on its own - because each impacts the others.&nbsp; Boiling the differences down to any one aspect as a part of any sort of decision making will leave you scratching your head when the others rear their heads down the road.&nbsp; &quot;Simply&quot; stepping back changes so many image factors, from perspective to depth of field, all of which can be compensated for if you fully understand all of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 167207, member: 9240"] Wayne, I have to say, quite simply, that you're simply way off base in your simplified view of the differences. Crop is one aspect of the differences. Pixel density, while independent of sensor size, is another important aspect as it dictates pixel size, regardless of sensor, and pixel size directly impacts light information and subsequently IQ. An FX sensor can appear, on paper, to be "more crowded" than a DX sensor, but if you compare the 36MP D800 to the 24MP D7100 you'll find that pixel density is greater on the DX camera and the pixel size smaller, with the D800 pixel size [I]and density[/I] being comparable to the D7000. So the difference you have there is the investment/cost of the sensor technology itself, because they are in no way equal or you would have been hearing all about the shortcomings of glass with the D7000. I'm poking at you a little bit, but it's because reinforces the fallacy that the differences are "simple", and there are far too many people try to explain them that way. The differences are an amalgam of many factors, none of which should be considered on its own - because each impacts the others. Boiling the differences down to any one aspect as a part of any sort of decision making will leave you scratching your head when the others rear their heads down the road. "Simply" stepping back changes so many image factors, from perspective to depth of field, all of which can be compensated for [B][I]if[/I][/B] you fully understand [B][I]all[/I][/B] of them. [/QUOTE]

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