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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 155822" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Here we go again. There's plenty of clarification on this board already about what the difference between a DX and FX lens is. Perspective is <strong><em>exactly </em></strong> the same, it's the cropping that's different. In other words, a full frame 11-16mm lens will look exactly the same on a D800 and a D5100, but the D5100 photo will only reveal the center 1.5X crop of the photo. The area represented by that crop is the same as what you would get if you used a 18-24mm lens on a full frame camera - <em>but the perspective and distortion generated by the wider lens will not be visually equivalent</em> <em>to a 18-24mm lens</em>. </p><p></p><p>A 11-16mm DX lens will look the same as an 11-16mm FX lens on a DX camera. On an FX camera the DX lens will only project light on a portion of the sensor, fully covering the 1.5X crop in the center, and then running out somewhere beyond that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 155822, member: 9240"] Here we go again. There's plenty of clarification on this board already about what the difference between a DX and FX lens is. Perspective is [B][I]exactly [/I][/B] the same, it's the cropping that's different. In other words, a full frame 11-16mm lens will look exactly the same on a D800 and a D5100, but the D5100 photo will only reveal the center 1.5X crop of the photo. The area represented by that crop is the same as what you would get if you used a 18-24mm lens on a full frame camera - [I]but the perspective and distortion generated by the wider lens will not be visually equivalent[/I] [I]to a 18-24mm lens[/I]. A 11-16mm DX lens will look the same as an 11-16mm FX lens on a DX camera. On an FX camera the DX lens will only project light on a portion of the sensor, fully covering the 1.5X crop in the center, and then running out somewhere beyond that. [/QUOTE]
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