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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 199513" data-attributes="member: 8705">WayneI normally respect your posts, but on crop factor we must disagree. I do agree that DX crops in the sense that a big chunk of sensor area is missing so you have a narrower field of view. What it doesn't do is magnify the lens and bring things closer. The image projected onto a DX sensor by a given lens is the same physical size on an FX sensor. It just happens that the FX sensor also displays potentially superfluous scenery surrounding the subject. Effectively the DX sensor saves you some cropping in Lightroom.Now if you get a D300 and a D700, both of which are around 12 mp you get more resolution on the D300 because it's not throwing as much away. On that basis it's not the sensor size providing greater resolution and detail, it's the relative amount of pixels per area.I think you need to see my very first post on the subject regarding the bear image to understand the points bring made and how they are relevant. Everybody has tried to introduce all sorts of fanciful D800 stuff to win the battle, which is interesting as I never criticised it in the first place. Sadly male pride gets dented at the mere suggestion that their expensive 36mp camera isn't the perfect tool for every job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 199513, member: 8705"] Wayne I normally respect your posts, but on crop factor we must disagree. I do agree that DX crops in the sense that a big chunk of sensor area is missing so you have a narrower field of view. What it doesn't do is magnify the lens and bring things closer. The image projected onto a DX sensor by a given lens is the same physical size on an FX sensor. It just happens that the FX sensor also displays potentially superfluous scenery surrounding the subject. Effectively the DX sensor saves you some cropping in Lightroom. Now if you get a D300 and a D700, both of which are around 12 mp you get more resolution on the D300 because it's not throwing as much away. On that basis it's not the sensor size providing greater resolution and detail, it's the relative amount of pixels per area. I think you need to see my very first post on the subject regarding the bear image to understand the points bring made and how they are relevant. Everybody has tried to introduce all sorts of fanciful D800 stuff to win the battle, which is interesting as I never criticised it in the first place. Sadly male pride gets dented at the mere suggestion that their expensive 36mp camera isn't the perfect tool for every job. [/QUOTE]

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