![]() ![]() This following image is a crop from that file which shows dew drops forming on the weta and provides a native file suitable to print an 8×12 inch print at 300ppi. ![]() I found though that the lovely high resolution, high dynamic range D850 files much nicer to work with and more flexible than the D500 files.īy way of illustration, the image heading the post was shot with the Nikon D850 and Tamron 90mm macro lens and shows a young tree weta including most of its long antennae. Due to the crop factor, the added depth of field gives users increased control of the depth. This raised the question of whether a cheap entry level mirrorless would be the best option for a dedicated macro setup. Yes, crop sensor cameras are generally good for macro photography. Equivalent focal length is conventionally compared to be used on 35 mm film size, which is called full frame ( 1x crop). A shallow depth of field is easier to achieve with a full-frame camera. Equivalent Focal Length for 35 mm film (1x) Crop Factor × Focal Length of lens on THIS camera. Full-frame cameras generally handle a higher ISO, and therefore low-light situations, better. Success rates with image stacks for focus stacking is much higher, sequential images being more precise and accurate. For macro, consider the following: Crop-sensor images appear more magnified due to the restricted field of view. Macro is the one genre of photography where the EVF is a really big advantage. The large viewfinder of the full frame D850 was a much nicer tool to work with but macro highlighted the benefit of mirrorless bodies as focus peaking with manual focus with an electronic viewfinder (EVF)is much easier to gauge than with an optical view finder (OVF). I started working with both Nikon D850 and D500 DSLR bodies and Nikon 60mm micro, 105mm AFD micro and Tamron 90mm macro lenses. If it were related to sensor size, cropping a full frame sensor image in photoshop would magically create an image with a greater depth of field. The confusion arises because a shorter focal length lens on a crop sensor gives the field of view of a longer lens on a larger sensor and it is the longer focal length lens that narrows depth of field. Increased depth of field is also promoted as an advantage of crop sensors in some places despite the depth of field being a consequence of lens focal length, aperture and subject distance and unrelated to sensor size. A 1:1 macro lens can only project a life size image regardless of sensor size. Some sites even suggest that they enable a 1:1 macro lens to give you 1.5:1 reproduction ratio for DX or 2:1 for MFT sensors! Suffice it to say that sensor size doesn’t alter the dimensions of the image projected onto it by the lens. There is a lot of information on the internet but as always there is also a lot of misinformation.Ĭrop factor sensors are at times touted as more useful for macro as it can be easier to fill the frame. My macro journey to date has included investigating gear options that suit this genre of photography. High resolution full frame sensors offer similar benefits with macro photography allowing more cropping options. I have written previously on the advantages of a high resolution full frame sensor for bird photography. ![]() Young Tree Weta photgraphed on a fern leaf ![]()
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