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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 649748" data-attributes="member: 12496">Crop factor is probably not at the top of the list of things that newbies don't understand yet. Shutter speeds and f/stops come to mind. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  Camera automation might be good for the camera, but knowing more about how things work doesn't seem much help on a cell phone.  I guess the exception is that one could still control external things, if one cared to.But you're right that things are not explained well today, if at all.  The one that bugs me is that the Nikon models that can do 1/320 second sync state a warning casually.  In the rear spec chart, it says:  Flash sync speed:  flash range drops at speeds between 1/250 and 1/320 s.I cannot comprehend that as stated.  I can easily believe that 1/320 shutter can truncate a full power level flash duration (which IMO is all this can mean), but all of the lower power levels should have no bad effect. That is my own experience, but that's not what it says.  I think a couple more words could help it considerably. But it seems the style now to not actually say what it means.And yes, there probably is as much incorrect confusion about crop factor as about anything. That does not make it be a bad thing.   It is very useful information if there is a need to know. It would seem to need full frame experience to be useful, but that does not mean it should be omitted, as there are many that can use it.  If contemplating buying some new little camera with a X to Y mm zoom lens and a Z Crop Factor, now those many with 35 mm experience know exactly what it will do (field of view wise), without ever picking it up.  IMO, that's the purpose, and it works well.</blockquote>

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