The most visible difference between full frame and crop sensor is their field of view. Most full frame cameras are used by professional photographers, who need the extra features.

Mike Collins’ setup compares a 5D Mark II, which has a full-frame sensor, and a 7D, which has a smaller APS-C sized sensor. Using a variety of lenses, the video illustrates exactly how the crop ...

If you’re shopping for a digital camera, sensor size is one of the first things you’ll hear about. Chances are you’ve seen terms like “crop sensor,” “full frame,” and “micro four ...

For most of the past twenty years the common digital camera sensor sizes were 1/2.3-inch, one-inch, APS-C and full-frame, with a further alternative in Four Thirds favoured only by Olympus and ...

Compared to the larger full frame, an APS-C sensor crops off the edges, which is why APS-C cameras are also referred to as crop sensor cameras.

Still, if you plan to go for a crop-sensor camera before full-frame, it could pay off to buy full-frame lenses instead of dedicated crop-sensor ones, in order to future proof your purchases.

Chances are that if you are getting into shooting wildlife, you have weighed a full-frame setup with a teleconverter versus a crop sensor camera.

APS-C sensors, like the one used in our upgrade pick mirrorless camera, are in-between Four Thirds and full-frame with a crop factor of 1.5, so Fujifilm’s 16–80mm kit lens would be like a 24 ...