What are the advantages of full frame?!

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I have a 400D and quite happy with it but what are the reasons/advantages with say a 5D or similar?

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Dunc
 
And if you are used to using a film SLR it just seems 'right' :)

Still loving the 5D :)
 
And being full size of course makes you a real man ;-)
 
Joe T said:
Wider angle of view.
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This can also be a disadvantage, depending on the type of photos youre interested in taking... Ive just been looking back thru my 2005 F1 photos where i used a 20D+100-400L and im shocked at the results, using my 1dmkII+300+1.4xTC im nowhere near as close to the action... Made me think briefly about buying a 40D, but instead a longer lens is my preferred solution.

5D+300+1.4xTC = 420mm Effective
1dmkII+300+1.4xTC = 546mm Effective
40D+300+1.4xTC = 672mm Effective
 
Yep full frame isn't really ideal for sports photography. Also not good for some portrait work.

That's why the 1D and 1Ds arn't better or worse than each other, they are for different purposes.
 
But FF does mean you'll achieve a more exaggerated bokeh, right? That the seductive thing about FF for me, so I hope that's the case.
 
using FF wide angle lenses are actually wide !
 
I made this comparison between a 30D 1.6 crop factor and a 5D full frame a while ago. :)
 
But FF does mean you'll achieve a more exaggerated bokeh, right?
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Hmmmmm, perhaps.

If going to FF means you can also go to a longer lens for the same shoot, then yes you will. The size of the sensor in itself is not going to change the bokeh.
 
theory said:
But FF does mean you'll achieve a more exaggerated bokeh, right? That the seductive thing about FF for me, so I hope that's the case.
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dazzajl said:
Hmmmmm, perhaps.

If going to FF means you can also go to a longer lens for the same shoot, then yes you will. The size of the sensor in itself is not going to change the bokeh.
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I'm throwing this in just to clarify and make sure I've not been thinking wrongly.

Bokeh quality is a function of the lens...predominantly resolution and aperture shape.
OOF highlights create the bokeh and the DOF is a function of magnification and aperture.
There the lens will create the bokeh based on the focal length (magnification at the point in focus) and the aperture setting.
FF will therefore create a more obvious bokeh only if the FF body uses a lens of equivalent resolution and aperture formation to frame the same shot as a crop body.
Eg....optically identical lenses of 34mm on the crop and 50mm on the FF.

Having written that, it looks more confusing than ever.

Bob

PS...anybody reading this thread is advised to disregard my bit until I know what I'm talking about. :'(
 
Well, I remember reading somewhere that you get the same quality of blur from focal length despite the 'effective focal length' from a cropped, so an 85mm effective lens on a cropped sensor will only give the bokeh of the real 58mm focal length that it is, but if you think about how light travels then surely the larger sensor will reduce the DOF you can achieve, right? In fact yeah I'm sure of it, else compacts wouldn't have so much DOF, and even phone cameras which must have teeny sensors seem to be able to focus on everything... so FF must be better for bokeh. yep. I reckon so... and then if you go for the longer lens, then you get even more creamy buttery delicious goodness :)

Seems to make sense to my brain anyway and I think I've arrived at the same conclusion as your post Suggests Bob, ha! :D
 
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