Comments on: Sharpness and Aperture Selection on Full-Frame DSLRs http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2007/04/12/sharpness-and-aperture-selection-on-full-frame-dslrs A daily photograph, news, observations, and ideas about photography Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: G Dan Mitchell http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2007/04/12/sharpness-and-aperture-selection-on-full-frame-dslrs/comment-page-1#comment-3435 G Dan Mitchell Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:54:25 +0000 http://209.62.39.7/~gdanmitc/www/?p=1372#comment-3435 Someone asked about how to interpret this for a <i>cropped sensor camera</i> since these photographs were made with a full frame camera. <i>Roughly speaking</i> the results from a particular aperture in this full-frame test would be similar at an aperture <i>about two stops larger</i> on a 1.6x cropped sensor body. In other words, what happens here at f/16 is close to what would happen on your cropped sensor camera at close to f/8. (Technically it would happen at an aperture <i>just a bit smaller</i> than f/8.) Dan Someone asked about how to interpret this for a cropped sensor camera since these photographs were made with a full frame camera.

Roughly speaking the results from a particular aperture in this full-frame test would be similar at an aperture about two stops larger on a 1.6x cropped sensor body. In other words, what happens here at f/16 is close to what would happen on your cropped sensor camera at close to f/8. (Technically it would happen at an aperture just a bit smaller than f/8.)

Dan

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