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<blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 160261" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p><strong>[SIZE=+1]<a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm" target="_blank">Ken Rockwell's Photography Updates</a>Full Frame for Pros? [/SIZE]</strong>I'm always amused at how comfortable it is to rationalize paying more for the full-frame DSLR you want by dreaming that "you're going to go pro in about a year, and want a camera that will work well in dark churches for shooting weddings."<strong>Myth 1:</strong> <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/go-pro.htm" target="_blank">Going pro. It's not happening</a>. Pro photographers have already gone the way of milkmen. Yes, we still have plenty of milkmen (one comes to my street twice a week), but with digital and iPhones, everyone can get the photos they need and want without having to hire some other kid with a DSLR to come screw up your wedding photos while he <a href="http://nikonites.com/adobe-rgb.htm" target="_blank">learns about color profiles</a> on your dime.<strong>Myth 2:</strong> Needing full-frame. <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/full-frame-advantage.htm" target="_blank">This was 2007</a>. Today, full-frame's biggest benefit is that it uses the entire image field of legacy lenses. If you're a geezer-brain like me with a load of thrift-store purchased 35mm camera lenses, sure, guys like me love using a $3,500 <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5d-mk-iii.htm" target="_blank">Mk III</a>, <a href="http://nikonites.com/sony/a99.htm" target="_blank">A99</a> or <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d800.htm#d800e" target="_blank">D800E</a> just so our <a href="http://nikonites.com/minolta/maxxum/28-85mm.htm" target="_blank">$25 lenses</a> are used to their ultimate. The other reason for full-frame is to get a slightly bigger viewfinder. That's it.As far as low-light, the latest crop of DX cameras already see in the dark. The <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7100.htm" target="_blank">Nikon D7100</a> is absolutely incredible.Yes, full-frame is slightly less noisy, but what many forget is that the latest round of cameras all work so well at five-digit ISOs that there isn't any significant difference since levels are so low already at any ISO worth using. <strong>Myth 3: </strong>Interchanging DX and FX lenses. It's always a waste to use one on the other kind of body. Use only DX lenses on DX cameras. Using an FX lens on a DX body wastes most of the lens' performance — and you still have to pay for and carry the big FX lens. Use only FX lenses on FX cameras. DX lenses waste most of an FX camera's performance — and you still have to pay for and carry the FX camera. A 35mm f/1.8 DX on a D7100 makes cleaner images in low-light than your f/3.5-4.5 zoom on a D800.Get a D7100. It's awesome. Full frame is just to get a bigger finder and pay more money — and if you want to use old lenses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AC016, post: 160261, member: 9619"] [B][SIZE=+1][URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm"]Ken Rockwell's Photography Updates[/URL]Full Frame for Pros? [/SIZE][/B]I'm always amused at how comfortable it is to rationalize paying more for the full-frame DSLR you want by dreaming that "you're going to go pro in about a year, and want a camera that will work well in dark churches for shooting weddings."[B]Myth 1:[/B] [URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/go-pro.htm"]Going pro. It's not happening[/URL]. Pro photographers have already gone the way of milkmen. Yes, we still have plenty of milkmen (one comes to my street twice a week), but with digital and iPhones, everyone can get the photos they need and want without having to hire some other kid with a DSLR to come screw up your wedding photos while he [URL="http://nikonites.com/adobe-rgb.htm"]learns about color profiles[/URL] on your dime.[B]Myth 2:[/B] Needing full-frame. [URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/full-frame-advantage.htm"]This was 2007[/URL]. Today, full-frame's biggest benefit is that it uses the entire image field of legacy lenses. If you're a geezer-brain like me with a load of thrift-store purchased 35mm camera lenses, sure, guys like me love using a $3,500 [URL="http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5d-mk-iii.htm"]Mk III[/URL], [URL="http://nikonites.com/sony/a99.htm"]A99[/URL] or [URL="http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d800.htm#d800e"]D800E[/URL] just so our [URL="http://nikonites.com/minolta/maxxum/28-85mm.htm"]$25 lenses[/URL] are used to their ultimate. The other reason for full-frame is to get a slightly bigger viewfinder. That's it.As far as low-light, the latest crop of DX cameras already see in the dark. The [URL="http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7100.htm"]Nikon D7100[/URL] is absolutely incredible.Yes, full-frame is slightly less noisy, but what many forget is that the latest round of cameras all work so well at five-digit ISOs that there isn't any significant difference since levels are so low already at any ISO worth using. [B]Myth 3: [/B]Interchanging DX and FX lenses. It's always a waste to use one on the other kind of body. Use only DX lenses on DX cameras. Using an FX lens on a DX body wastes most of the lens' performance — and you still have to pay for and carry the big FX lens. Use only FX lenses on FX cameras. DX lenses waste most of an FX camera's performance — and you still have to pay for and carry the FX camera. A 35mm f/1.8 DX on a D7100 makes cleaner images in low-light than your f/3.5-4.5 zoom on a D800.Get a D7100. It's awesome. Full frame is just to get a bigger finder and pay more money — and if you want to use old lenses. [/QUOTE]
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