As a wildlife photographer I frequently use APSC on my Sony A1 to get in closer. Two advantages of using not mentioned; 1) Eye AF works better by enlarging subject in frame in my experience 2) taking smaller size images enables taking more before buffer fills up when taking high speed sequence such as bird flying past.
Hi Jonathan, Those are both very valid and correct points. 1. Eye AF (and all AF) works indeed even better in APS-C mode when your subject is enlarged (this is also one of the reasons I prefer using APS-C mode instead of cropping afterwards). And as a bonus there is 100% coverage of AF/points, and you're using the sharpest part of the lens when using full frame lenses. 2. With the 10fps speed-cameras and CF Express A cards I have never encountered any buffering issues. But if you're tracking & shooting wildlife with long bursts 30fps/50MP of the A1, I can imagine even that buffer would fill up at one point. So indeed then this is a good option to use. I've added these remarks as updates in the article: tinyurl.com/FFasAPSC Is that OK with you?
I tried APSC mode with Sony A7IV and Sony 70-350. I love the reach of the lens, but I also live the body of full frame. I worried that 14 MP wouldn’t be enough, but it is working fine.
I’m very glad you’ve tried it. It simply gives you so many extra options. And realizing the number of shots i’ve y made with the 12MP of the A7SIII (and i’m thinking about getting an ZV-E1 aswel) those 14MP are more than sufficient as you discovered yourself 👍
Glad you liked it Marleen, I hope it helps you. Switching on a Sony full frame camera to APS-C has the same impact on dynamic range, bit depth, max aperture, bokeh, colour depth, sharpness, .. as cropping the image in post.. absolutely none. That is an advantage over using teleconvertors. (Besides: you can combine this technique with teleconvertors for an even bigger reach.. but evidently with all the negative impact from using that teleconvertor)
You have to take into account the heigth of the sensor (x or / by 1.5) ànd the width of the sensor (x or / by 1.5) to get the reduced size. (PS. All numbers are alway rounded up/down to make calculations a bit easier )
Excellent explanations, there are so many closed-minded opinions about this topic, your video is factual and balanced, I totally agree speaking from experience. I have both FF & APSC bodies and lenses, and I use the 30mm, 56mm Sigma f1.4 primes and the Tamron 17-70 f2.8 APSC lenses with my a7iii - if the shots are of good quality I can upscale in post with excellent results. While I often travel with 2 cameras, sometimes I only want to carry my a7iii with the small light and fast Sigma primes, specially at night, it is a better body than my a6500. For any amateur photographer posting pictures online or intending to do table-top-sized prints that won't go on a wall, a 10 to 15Mpix file is absolutely fine. If you upscale a good quality picture you can do large prints and put them on a wall. Obviously high quality fast FF primes are better, I love my 24mm GM and the ultra sharp 90mm G macro, but both are much bigger and heavier. So we can have the best of both 😊
For me the most obvious reason to do this is to keep using my aps-c lenses on my new fullframe. Especially my wide angle primes for aps-c. Any downsides to this? Seems almost to good to be true! I know it decreases megapixels, but I’ll still get 18 which as far as I know is enough in most cases, even for proffesional photography (correct me if im wrong)
@@Freddd95 That´s a very good reason. Yes, 18MP is more than enough. The A7S-series and ZV-E1 have only 12MP and yield excellent results. I was shooting a docu with a prizewinning wedding photographer and he even uses his A9 in aps-c when needed.. that´s only 10MP. Only if you make big prints, need loads of details to zoom in to or you want to crop in post.. then we´ll have a hard time.
Can’t believe I never thought of this. I mean, I crop in post to get closer so this seems like a better way to do it! I hope there is a good firmware update for the Sony a1 this month!
That's a very valid choice and everyone had to make it for themselves. I simply show possbilities of E-mount cameras and explain what my choices are and why I opted fore those. (I had filmed a short on CIZ last May, but never I edited it. Maybe I should)
As a wildlife photographer I frequently use APSC on my Sony A1 to get in closer. Two advantages of using not mentioned; 1) Eye AF works better by enlarging subject in frame in my experience 2) taking smaller size images enables taking more before buffer fills up when taking high speed sequence such as bird flying past.
Hi Jonathan,
Those are both very valid and correct points.
1. Eye AF (and all AF) works indeed even better in APS-C mode when your subject is enlarged (this is also one of the reasons I prefer using APS-C mode instead of cropping afterwards). And as a bonus there is 100% coverage of AF/points, and you're using the sharpest part of the lens when using full frame lenses.
2. With the 10fps speed-cameras and CF Express A cards I have never encountered any buffering issues. But if you're tracking & shooting wildlife with long bursts 30fps/50MP of the A1, I can imagine even that buffer would fill up at one point. So indeed then this is a good option to use.
I've added these remarks as updates in the article: tinyurl.com/FFasAPSC
Is that OK with you?
@@RedCathedral That is fine - I am pleased to constructively contribute
I tried APSC mode with Sony A7IV and Sony 70-350. I love the reach of the lens, but I also live the body of full frame. I worried that 14 MP wouldn’t be enough, but it is working fine.
I’m very glad you’ve tried it. It simply gives you so many extra options.
And realizing the number of shots i’ve y made with the 12MP of the A7SIII (and i’m thinking about getting an ZV-E1 aswel) those 14MP are more than sufficient as you discovered yourself 👍
Very well explained, I used the APS-C mode for concert shooting, and like you said, I prefered composed my photo in context during the action.
Glad to hear others work with the same mindset when composing their shot
Great videos on Sony cameras, subscribed!
Thank you, much appreciated. 🙏
PS. I've just finished scripting 3 more.. once it stops raining I'll start filming.
@@RedCathedral very good and thank you!
I've had my C3 button set to switch between full frame and aps-c mode for almost a year now.
Super. I hope you use it often
Thanks for this nice explanation! Just wondering if using crop mode on a full frame has negative impact on the DR and bit depth of the raw files.
Glad you liked it Marleen, I hope it helps you.
Switching on a Sony full frame camera to APS-C has the same impact on dynamic range, bit depth, max aperture, bokeh, colour depth, sharpness, .. as cropping the image in post.. absolutely none.
That is an advantage over using teleconvertors. (Besides: you can combine this technique with teleconvertors for an even bigger reach.. but evidently with all the negative impact from using that teleconvertor)
Yes, this was very helpful. Thank you!
I'm happy to read it ^_^
Great video, thanks. Can you please explain why you divide the 61 megapixels by 1.5 and then 1.5 again?
You have to take into account the heigth of the sensor (x or / by 1.5) ànd the width of the sensor (x or / by 1.5) to get the reduced size.
(PS. All numbers are alway rounded up/down to make calculations a bit easier )
@@RedCathedral Thanks
Excellent explanations, there are so many closed-minded opinions about this topic, your video is factual and balanced, I totally agree speaking from experience. I have both FF & APSC bodies and lenses, and I use the 30mm, 56mm Sigma f1.4 primes and the Tamron 17-70 f2.8 APSC lenses with my a7iii - if the shots are of good quality I can upscale in post with excellent results. While I often travel with 2 cameras, sometimes I only want to carry my a7iii with the small light and fast Sigma primes, specially at night, it is a better body than my a6500. For any amateur photographer posting pictures online or intending to do table-top-sized prints that won't go on a wall, a 10 to 15Mpix file is absolutely fine. If you upscale a good quality picture you can do large prints and put them on a wall. Obviously high quality fast FF primes are better, I love my 24mm GM and the ultra sharp 90mm G macro, but both are much bigger and heavier. So we can have the best of both 😊
For me the most obvious reason to do this is to keep using my aps-c lenses on my new fullframe. Especially my wide angle primes for aps-c. Any downsides to this? Seems almost to good to be true! I know it decreases megapixels, but I’ll still get 18 which as far as I know is enough in most cases, even for proffesional photography (correct me if im wrong)
@@Freddd95 That´s a very good reason.
Yes, 18MP is more than enough. The A7S-series and ZV-E1 have only 12MP and yield excellent results.
I was shooting a docu with a prizewinning wedding photographer and he even uses his A9 in aps-c when needed.. that´s only 10MP. Only if you make big prints, need loads of details to zoom in to or you want to crop in post.. then we´ll have a hard time.
@@RedCathedral Thank you! 😊
Can you use clear zoom and apsc mode simultaneously?
Yes they are compatible.
Used the CIZ on a Super35 lens last week for a video.
Can’t believe I never thought of this. I mean, I crop in post to get closer so this seems like a better way to do it! I hope there is a good firmware update for the Sony a1 this month!
I cross my fingers for those firmware updates.. they're long overdue
I just prefer to use Clear Image Zoom (although restricted to jpg only) and not lose the resolution of my A99.
That's a very valid choice and everyone had to make it for themselves. I simply show possbilities of E-mount cameras and explain what my choices are and why I opted fore those.
(I had filmed a short on CIZ last May, but never I edited it. Maybe I should)
Aps-c mode combined with 2x digital zoom. No need for that $6,000 f/2.8 300 mm lens lol
The Clear Image Zoom is indeed pretty decent (for video & jpg)
Good thing I have 61 MP 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Those -R's are just perfect for 1-button-switching between FF/APS-C!
@@RedCathedral I just learned is I didn’t know my 24 to 70 could do this I thought it was only prime lens
@MRG-Photos3 and just like that you have a 24 to 105mm 😉