Re: Any wildlife photographers prefer the full frame over DX mode?

Another advantage is the "uprezzing" seems to be a lot better than my oder
camera.

When I first got the D3 I noticed that I was really struggling with the
loss
of the crop for shooting s****t.  To the point where I was actually
thinking
I had made a mistake.  Then I slapped myself around the head and thought,
how did I do this when I shot film.  Now I would not change back, in fact
I
have trouble shooting with the D2Xs.

Mick Brown


On 17/3/08 12:29 PM, in article APjDj.100410$w57.9075@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "Dudley
Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 
> "Chris W" <1qazse4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:2vjDj.50731$y05.15699@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Doug McDonald wrote:
>>> This is so obvious!  I don't like to call people stupid,
>>> unlike certain perople around here but ....
>>> 
>>> ASSUMING that the pixel size of the full frame camera is not
>>> larger than that of the crop camera and
>>> 
>>> ASSSUMING that the mirror mechanism and electronics of the full
>>> frame are fast enough that it will shoot as fast as the crop camera,
then
>>> 
>>> you can simply ignore the outer parts of the full frame and get the
>>> EXACT SAME PICTURE as if using the same lens on the crop camera.
>>> 
>>> Now there are other quibbles, such as that it is likely true that
>>> the viewfinder view of the "crop area" in the full frame's
>>> viewer will be smaller than in the crop camera's. But that
>>> wont change the actual image.
>>> 
>>> Where you lose with the full frame camera is that it will be
>>> bigger and heavier.
>>> 
>>> Doug McDonald
>> 
>> 
>> That is all true, but in the case of the D3 vs the D300, both sensors
have
>> the same number of pixels so on the D3 they are bigger.  Simulating the
DX
>> mode on a D3 by cropping will loose a lot of those pixels.
>> 
>> If you need long lenses I see the D300 as a huge advantage.  You can
use a
>> 300mm lens and have almost 500mm with a less expensive and much lighter
>> lens.  Of course then you make a sacrifice in the wide angle area.  Or
buy
>> a new wide angle lens, which I guess I will need to do sometime after
my
>> D300 gets here.  But still lots less money than a D3.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris W
> 
> The flip side is that the D3 will be better in low-light situations.
> 
> If you are shooting animals in the sweet light of dawn or sunset, the D3
> would be the better choice -- same thing if you are shooting in forest
> areas.
> 
> Assuming, of course, you can get close enough to get the shot you want.
> 
> Dudley
> 
>