Crop sensor to FF

SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
edited August 11, 2010 in Cameras
OK, I'm taking the plunge and going FF. Any special considerations I should be aware of?
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    will your old lens work?
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    No, not really. Just be careful with your old lenses; not all might work on your new camera. Enjoy!
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    wow, you have to be fast around here....
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  • catspawcatspaw Registered Users Posts: 1,292 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    I think you do some horse show photography too, so remember that you'll loose the crop factor a bit for shots -- you might find a 300mm useful :) ( I know I would, IF I could afford it! )
    //Leah
  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    OK, I'm taking the plunge and going FF. Any special considerations I should be aware of?
    What do you shoot mostly, and what do you shoot in your spare time? What focal ranges or lenses do you find yourself using the most?

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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    I have been shooting a lot if horse shows but am moving away from that as a source of income: the cost/benefit is no longer there.

    I'm working on developing my portraiture business- human, canine and equine. And for myself? Landscapes.

    Much as I'd love to have the 300 that's not in the budget after buying the 1dIV and the 24-70. I have the 70-200 so things are pretty much covered lens wise for now. But you KNOW I will always want more glass, right?
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  • borrowlenses.comborrowlenses.com Registered Users Posts: 441 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    Check out the 85 1.2 for portrait work. For landscapes the 16-35 MKII is the bee's knees.
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    Forgot to mention that I do have the 50mm. Some day, when there's more money, I'll get a couple of other ones.

    Thanks for the heads up about the DOF.
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  • studio1972studio1972 Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    I thought the 1d4 was a crop sensor, not full frame? I realise it's less cropped, but still not FF though.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,078 moderator
    edited August 10, 2010
    As I recall you have a Canon 1D MKIV. Is this new camera in addition to your existing camera?

    Which FF body are you considering?

    How will you be using it?
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  • OverfocusedOverfocused Registered Users Posts: 1,068 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    studio1972 wrote: »
    I thought the 1d4 was a crop sensor, not full frame? I realise it's less cropped, but still not FF though.


    Its APS-H 1.3x
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    ziggy53 wrote: »
    As I recall you have a Canon 1D MKIV. Is this new camera in addition to your existing camera?

    Which FF body are you considering?

    How will you be using it?

    I currently have a 40D so the 1DMKIV is my new camera.
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  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    I currently have a 40D so the 1DMKIV is my new camera.

    Ah, well, then you're not quite going full-frame, but switching from the 1.6x EF/EF-S camera to a 1.3x EF-only camera is a bit of a jump, certainly.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,078 moderator
    edited August 10, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    I currently have a 40D so the 1DMKIV is my new camera.

    As others have already said, the Canon 1D MKIV is a crop 1.3x/APS-H. It's still a very lovely camera and has many of the things that I like in a FF camera.

    Wide angle lenses still feel fairly wide.
    The moderate crop does help with sports/action.
    There is enough imager real estate so that the pixels are not too crowded, and noise levels are not terribly compromised.
    Same mirror and shutter as the best in the Canon lineup.
    Arguably the best AF system Canon has ever developed. (The AF system is still being independently evaluated.)
    Extremely fast and great responsiveness.

    With all of this going for it the 1D MKIV demands the best lenses and rewards good technique.

    Subject matter and lighting are still more important than even the camera and lens.
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    ziggy53 wrote: »
    As others have already said, the Canon 1D MKIV is a crop 1.3x/APS-H. It's still a very lovely camera and has many of the things that I like in a FF camera.

    Wide angle lenses still feel fairly wide.
    The moderate crop does help with sports/action.
    There is enough imager real estate so that the pixels are not too crowded, and noise levels are not terribly compromised.
    Same mirror and shutter as the best in the Canon lineup.
    Arguably the best AF system Canon has ever developed. (The AF system is still being independently evaluated.)
    Extremely fast and great responsiveness.

    With all of this going for it the 1D MKIV demands the best lenses and rewards good technique.

    Subject matter and lighting are still more important than even the camera and lens.

    Thanks Ziggy - and all. Yesterday was a high stress day (in a good way) for our family and my mind was totally fried. I knew it was a different crop - and why I said FF? Who knows.

    Regardless, thank you all for your comments and advice. Ziggy - you are right - the camera is a tool. The results come from skill - which I'm working on.
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  • chrisjohnsonchrisjohnson Registered Users Posts: 772 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Thanks Ziggy - and all. Yesterday was a high stress day (in a good way) for our family and my mind was totally fried. I knew it was a different crop - and why I said FF? Who knows.

    Regardless, thank you all for your comments and advice. Ziggy - you are right - the camera is a tool. The results come from skill - which I'm working on.

    Good luck - wish I could afford it.
  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    goldenballs wrote: »
    Good luck - wish I could afford it.

    Thanks. Only 'cause we sold our house, at last! We bypassed using a real estate agent so, after 78 showings and doing all of the paper work, my camera is my "sales commission".
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Thanks. Only 'cause we sold our house, at last! We bypassed using a real estate agent so, after 78 showings and doing all of the paper work, my camera is my "sales commission".

    Well, you sure earned it then!
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  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Thanks. Only 'cause we sold our house, at last! We bypassed using a real estate agent so, after 78 showings and doing all of the paper work, my camera is my "sales commission".

    I'll have to run that idea past my wife. Somehow I doubt she'll agree to sell the house just to finance more photography equipment. Your husband must be a really great guy! rolleyes1.gif
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2010
    craig_d wrote: »
    I'll have to run that idea past my wife. Somehow I doubt she'll agree to sell the house just to finance more photography equipment. Your husband must be a really great guy! rolleyes1.gif

    Had a good snicker with this one.

    due to health problems I have had to give up my horse and consequently my dream farm. Hubby is a really great guy and I'm sure thought that helping finance my 'other addiction' would ease that pain for me.:D
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