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There are no videos on TH-cam that come close to yours when it comes to material, clarity and comprehensiveness. Sony couldn't ask for a better ambassador.
Wow this was unbelievably helpful. You clearly explain the advantages with lots of examples. This was so refreshing instead of watching a dude sitting at a desk talking to the camera for 15 minutes without showing a single image.
You share one of my pet hates. So many reviewers don't place the product in context of what it is capable of by showing any photos. Another pet hate is lazy reviewers who don't take photos that will push the limits of the product. Pot plants, brick walls and and pet dogs sitting in their kitchen just don't cut it.
As a layman who has had a Sony a6400 for a few years and have just ordered a Sony A7c I have found this video to be most informative and educational - you are simply streaks better than any other presenter on TH-cam. - Many many thanks
Mark I noticed that you commented on many questions below. You are truly a scholar and a gentleman. Mark I recently bought a Sony A7 and just watched somebody on TH-cam explain the menu options and mentioned the APS-C option very briefly. I have the full frame 28-70 Sony kit lens and wanted clarity on using that APS-C setting with that lens. You just clarified it all beyond my wildest dreams. So now I can when needed get my zoom to go from 28 - 105. Now I don't necessary have to buy the 24-105 zoom, which I can't afford yet anyways. I'll play around with my free 105 lens now and with peace of mind doing so, with tremendous thanks to your superb skill and expertise.
This was one of the most helpful videos on this topic that I've seen so far and I have researched this all over the internet. Your way of explaining the content is exceptionally easy to follow and I can see why you are so well-regarded. Thank you!
I am not one to leave many comments....but this was so informative and well done, that I felt compelled to not only comment, but like and subscribe. Thanks, and keep up the great content.
As always Mark, incredibly useful video. I've always been of the opinion that one should gather as much data as possible in each image and to throw away so many pixels on a full-frame sensor is defeating the object. The freedom to subsequently add editorial text around the image is lost if tightly cropped in camera rather than in post. I think that I will always shoot in full-frame mode but an interesting point about buffering when shooting action subjects. This function may be of more use when shooting videos. You learn something every day!
Yep I wrote the equation out incorrectly because I couldn’t find the equation written down at all when I researched this topic x the answer I gave is however correct.
Thanks for doing this explanation. There is another 'bonus' with this ability to shoot in crop mode which affects the amount of Lenses we need. Having a prime lens like a 85mm will also then become a 'virtual' 125.5mm and a 35mm Prime will take the place of a 52.5mm lens thus being 4 prime lenses. Less travel weight is becoming more and more valuable as airlines are constantly reducing weight limits. Plus: The crop mode is, for the same reason a very real way for weight reduction whilst hiking.
Hi Mark, thank you so much for the video, such a great information. My old fantastic Sony A6000 gave up yesterday.. and now i have an offer from my friend to buy his A7R iii for a really really great price. i was a bit nervous for using my aps-c lenses on the fullframe but after this video i feels more satisfied. Thanks :)
Great Videos and very informative. I bought the A7rii so I can use crop mode to extend the range of my lenses. Thanks. An added benefit is your steady tone and level voice that cures my insomnia late at night.
I am a little more animated when presenting to a live audience but putting on a show to a camera with nobody in the room is a style of presentation I will leave to other presenters. 😀
@@AlphaCreativeSkills All kidding aside I'm learning many things from your videos, thank you! My wife laughs when she sees me taking notes from your videos like I'm in class again.
Great video! I would advise not to leave that option in auto. I experienced a strange glitch where my a9 stayed in aps-c mode even after I put a full frame lens on. No more auto after that.
I am trying out A7r iii. Would like to commend you for the clear and easy to understand its functions and operations. It is helping me decide if I should get this camera. Thanks.
as a matter of fact, going apsc mode on first generations (A7/A7II) amplify also the PDAF zone on the EVF, which in return facilitates the focus tracking of a moving subject.
APS-C mode halves your file size. Not a single one of the other videos I watched mentioned this...though, I guess it's implied? I'd rather shoot RAW and crop later. Wish I watched this video before an important shoot with only 2 days of hands on learning. Thank you for the info.
Cheers Mark, Was waiting for a new Aps-c from sony but wasn't really impressed with the new 61 or 66, and I can't wait another year for the A6700 only to be dissapointed again. So after watching this my idea of getting the 65 in in doubt. So I greatly appreciating your explaination and images, and the move to Full Frame is on. Thanks again Mr G.
EXCELLENT!!! Terrific, straight forward details on APS-C mode use and set-up! I'm researching a A7III camera for purchase and was curious about this factor. The simple set up descriptions you give are just TOP NOTCH!!!!! Many thanks!!!
Very helpful and easy to understand as always. Excellent suggestion to put the option on the Fn menu! I had it on My Menu, but it’s so much more quickly accessible on Fn. Thank you for all you do!
Thank You so much for this video Sir. I have been searching for the secret you revealed at 13:30 of this vid. Great job. As I migrate from Nikon to Sony, I will be referencing your videos. Thanks for what you do.
Yeah agree. Many dont realise how far you can crop. For someone like me who is running with just 1 lens (35mm/55mm) it would mean i can easily crop into 2:1 and still have enough MP... so im actually running with a 50-100mm zoom. Same goes for 4K video, the standard consumer doesnt need it, but it makes life so much easier for crop, to stabilise footage etc ... Still going for the a7III with 24mp should be enough for me :-)
I use it often with my sony a7c for wildlife. With my 70-300 i get 450mm with super 35, i can do 2x and get 900mm with clearzoom, and i don’t even use the 2x digital zoom, which in theory get to 1800mm. Also in video 4k you have mo loss, and allow to zoom to 450mm. I have set the down arrow to the super 35 mode for easy switch, without looking the screen.
Nice video. Also on the 7r the focus is spread all over the apsc area. Nice sometimes for shooting sports. One of the reasons I swapped from the A73 to the R version was that I want to use my apsc lenses. They are much cheaper at fast Fe lenses.
A suggestion for another video that could also have been included in this video, is that the real advantage with crop mode is the ability to use it when shooting video. Then you really have a virtual telephoto option with all your lenses.
Mark Galer's Alpha Creative Skills because I have a6000 and lenses for it now. And I want to buy new camera but I haven’t money for new lenses, can you tell me what camera take a better video, the a6500 or a7iii in crop mode???
A7 iii and a6400 ( or other 6xxxx) have both 24 MP. But a7 iii has it in twice the area. This means the pixels are bigger. So less noise because the capture more light.
Thanks Mark for the nice and informative video. Maybe Sony could introduce the option of a further crop for the "r" 42mp cameras ? If I am not wrong leica has recently done this for one of its fixed lens cameras....
Hi Mark, You answered my note yesterday regarding an ftp server that works on an Ipad. I have found one that appears to work ok, its called "FE File Explorer" available in the Ipad apps.
Hi Mark, if you make a Video about the new Animal-Eye-Af, try it also with the Aps-C Mode. The Animal-Eye-AF shows much more Activity in Aps-C mode and find much more Animals, Reptiles, Birds etc :-)
Some of my best photos were taken with the sigma 16mm 1.4 crop sensor lens on the 7r2. I left some of my photos with the heavy vignette as an artistic decision. Killer and cheap lens.
What would the difference in quality be between: 1) shooting in standard mode and later cropping in post 2) shooting in super 35 mode and not cropping The above scenarios are based on the same perceived size of subject Because if they are the same, I'm unsure of the benefits of using the super 35 mode. Thanks!!!
The Quality would be the same. I do NOT always recommend cropping in post and I think this movie highlights the benefits on one of the slides. These include - smaller files write faster to the card so you can shoot more images before the camera slows down - the buffer clears faster enabling you to shoot a second sequence sooner - the files edit faster in post and the smaller files put less strain on your hard drive (cropping a Raw file does not reduce the memory size of the file) etc etc.
Hello Mark, I wish you a happy new year. Thank you for the very informative and great video. I have a Sony a7 iii and am a hobby photographer. I edit my pictures very, very seldom and I practically never shoot RaW. I would like to buy a zoom lens and fluctuate with the sigma 100-400 mm because it is light, cheaper and I can also use it in apcs mode. I also get my 600mm that way. As a beginner, I find the tamron 150-500 mm / sigma 150-600 mm / Sony 200-600 mm too expensive and too big / difficult to start with. Is the Sigma 100-400mm using APS-C mode the best choice for me?
Thanks a lot for sharing your profound knowledge via very informative and perfectly made videos. I’m a so called enthusiast using the Sony A6500. Except street photography (legal issue in Germany), I’m not specified in a photographical genre. I have fun shooting fast moving subjects (grand-children), shooting in low light situations (indoors [with-without flash] / blue hour, night / long exposures) and macro/close-up photography (no videos at all; prints are mostly photobooks and up to A3-format-prints respectively; furthermore photos are sold on mircostock agencies). Right now I’m considering an upgrade to „whatsoever“. There are many interesting camera options as Sony A7Cii, A7CR, A6700 (the newer models), A7iv, A7Riii (…) which are great and still „payable“. You showed the pros and cons incorporating the crop-mode in a full-frame camera, which is pretty advantageous because I could still use all my APS-C lenses. Are there any recommandations or thoughts you can give? File-size in crop-mode differs a lot from 14,7 MP (A7Cii, A7iv) to 26 MP (A7CR => which is than the A6700, two cameras in one), with different pixelpitch and DR (=> low light). The newer models are not in the stores right now, so have no chance to see and feel the cameras in respect of handling, EVF, display, touch-functionality and the like. Is the IQ between FF and APS-C cameras still an issue or more or less neglectable? It would be great to receive some hints to support my decision-process. Many thanks in advance, greetings from Germany.
Thanks for all the great info! Is cropping in postproduction better for the image quality compared to cropping using the APS-C mode? Does it make any difference both for photo and video? Thanks so much!
It makes no difference for stills. It does make a difference on some full frame cameras that pixel bin in full frame only when shooting in 4K. This makes APSC-C / Super 35 higher quality in ‘some’ full frame cameras when shooting movies.
Useful video, as I'm about to upgrade to an a7r3 soon and want to see what mileage I can still get out of my a6000 lenses. One minor gripe- fix the math on the 3:45ish slides- the way it is currently stylized is incorrect, as (1.5/1.5) is 1, anyway you cut it, and 24/1 is 24, not 10.66.
Unfortunately Mat was not my strong point at school and TH-cam doesn't allow you to fixe or replace the movie. The only option I have is to take it down.
Great as always. But affects the aps c mode the bokeh as well? Is there a difference in bokeh between full frame and aps c mode at 200mm? Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 and keep going. Thanks
Cropping in camera or in post does not change the bokeh. If, however, you were to trying to match the angle of view by changing focal length then the depth of field of the APS-C image would appear greater than the Full Frame version.
Thanks Mark. Really helpful. I have been thinking getting 24mm 1.4 and use it as both 24 and a 35 mm equivalent in APS-C mode because all the 35mm 1.4 lenses are too big.
You are essentially just cropping in camera. There is no impact on exposure so in that regard the aperture works just as it did in Full frame mode. It is typical to apply the crop factor (1.5) to the aperture to determine the full-frame equivalent depth of field - but again this is no different than had you just cropped in during post production editing.
@@AlphaCreativeSkillsI understand. Thanks for being so kind and answering my questions, Mark! I enjoy watching your incredibly well explained topics on professional photography very much! ☺️
Mark Galer's, really much helps your content. I'm migrating from canon to sony recently, and I'm with an a7iii and would like to buy the 18-135mm lens, for the qualities you present in a video of yours on this lens, at the moment I'm not being able to invest in multiple lenses and this with this mode that you presented would be a good alternative.
Awesome video. Learnt so much. Thank you. Quick question? If I allocate a short cut button to trigger APS-C mode, Does it automatically comes back to full frame and 24MP when I press my short cut button again? I just want to understand that the short cut button override the 2 step process of going in the menu and setting shooting manual and shoot on? Thanks
Yes - you can toggle between the APS-C mode and Full Frame. Care has to be taken not to press the button accidentally as only the very latest cameras (A1 and A7IV) have an icon visible in the Finder to remind you that you are now shooting in APS-C mode.
Very good tutorial Mark. Thanks for that. I was wondering about any difference in IQ between FF and apsc but there doesn't seem to be any (perhaps focusing in apsc mode could be more precise than FF making the resulting image a bit sharper in the intended places, perhaps). Just wish that the full-frame/aps-c switch could be assigned to a button on my A7Rii.
Excellent video, Mark. Thanks. As I understand it, you do lose focus points going into crop mode. I was hoping to use my A73 as a wildlife/action camera and did extensive research vs the A6400 and A6600. The benefits of using the A73 is that you don't have to buy a new camera or carry another piece of kit and better high iso performance. But the benefits of the APS-C cameras is that you get a full 24MP sensor readout AND more phase detect auto focus points. Am I correct with that line of thinking, Mark?
I generally use APS-C mode on my A7RIV camera as I don't lose many focus points and my files are 26 megapixels. The AF tracking of the A7RIV is as reliable as the A6400 and A6600 cameras and the buffer is over 340 images in APS-C mode. The number of focus points is fairly academic as these mirrorless cameras have hundreds instead of the dozens you find on a typical DSLR.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks for the quick reply, Mark. My predicament is that I have the 7Riii and the 7iii. I don't have too much interest in the 7Riv right now so I run the risk of what you point out in the video, losing too many MP in APSC mode on the 7iii. The 7Riii would be fine, but I feel like going into APS-C mode would be reducing it's AF capabilities enough to matter. This is why the 6400 is coming into my mind. Make sense? The 7Riv solves all of that, but I'm not ready to deal with 61MP, yet. Actually, my PC isn't, lol.
Hi Mark, Thoroughly enjoyed your excellent tutorial on super 35 mode on full frame sensors but I must confess to being a little confused, perhaps you could help. With an A7111 I understand the crop sensor mode will give me a 10.66 meg image. If I shoot a flat surface, a brick wall for example and process the following options, Option 1 - shoot a full 24 meg image, select the whole image and crop by pixel size to produce a 10.66meg image by downsizing the whole frame. Option 2 - shoot the same 24 meg image and then crop a 10.66 image out of the centre of the image Option 3 - use the crop sensor mode to produce a 10.66 image Disregarding focal length and dof, will the above 3 images be identical with respect to sharpness and grain? when viewed at 100% in photoshop on a 4k monitor. Many thanks
Another great video! I didn’t realize I needed to turn off APS-C shooting to use it manually or that it only appears in the full info screen, THANK YOU!! I also put it on the function menu rather C3 button like you suggested. Would shooting in RAW enhance the ability to sharpen photos taken in crop with my 16-35 Sigma Art lense?
Your question about Raw requires a complex answer that would require a response of several pages. I often provide this level of support on my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel.
Great video Mark! Thanks! So, your talk seems to say that you're not really loosing that much by shooting with your ASP-C lens in ASP-C mode on the full frame camera (in my case, the a7RIII). How does this image or resolution compare to that taken on an ASP-C camera, such as the a6500?
I discuss in the tutorial that you sacrifice some resolution- but in many instances not more than is necessary to use on a 4K Monitor. The resolution of the A7Rlll drops to 18 Megapixels. 4K is 8.3
Hey man Great videos as usual. I heard something that shooting in crop mode increases noise and decreases dynamic range. Firstly, can you confirm that? & as a follow up, would you therefore advise against crop mode (or even apsc lenses on full frame bodies) in lowlight situations?
It is no different to cropping in camera. Dynamic range is therefore exactly the same. Images appear noisier the more you zoom or crop into the image. Again it is no different to cropping in post. If you don't use APS-C in low ambient light then you have to choose a wider angle of view or reject the idea of cropping in post.
Only half of my content is on TH-cam - my main support service for Alpha owners is Patreon.com/markgaler. I have several seminars that discuss lens choice for A7CII and A7CR cameras.
Most excellent video! Thank you for taking the time to explain thoroughly. I've created a Custom Key for my a7riii and look forward to using some lighter lenses from time to time. 👍
Glad it helped! - Just get into the habit of checking whether you are shooting in APS-C or Full frame mode. It is often easy to overlook this when using zoom lens. Sony have added the crop or APS-C icon to the finder in in its latest Alpha cameras, e.g., A1 and A7IV. If you find you are accidentally pressing your Custom key you may choose to move the APS-C/S35 option to the Fn menu instead.
Mark, Thanks for another great and very instructional video. For an a7RIV how does using crop Mode effect the auto focus system. Is there any change? Thanks.
Ohhh thats some great advice thanks so much. I have a small question. On A7rii we dont seem to have quick access on ether of the button or function menus... Do you have an idea which could help for the in body crop using primes. I though of using zoom function.. Or go in the main menu and have to change i every time... Wich is not that convenient. Thanks a lot
Clear Image Zooms only available when shooting JPEGs. I am struggling to remember the A7RII menus and don't have an eBook for that model to refer to (I only started writing eBooks for these cameras with the A7RIII).
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There are no videos on TH-cam that come close to yours when it comes to material, clarity and comprehensiveness. Sony couldn't ask for a better ambassador.
Wow this was unbelievably helpful. You clearly explain the advantages with lots of examples. This was so refreshing instead of watching a dude sitting at a desk talking to the camera for 15 minutes without showing a single image.
You share one of my pet hates. So many reviewers don't place the product in context of what it is capable of by showing any photos. Another pet hate is lazy reviewers who don't take photos that will push the limits of the product. Pot plants, brick walls and and pet dogs sitting in their kitchen just don't cut it.
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And wearing a baseball cap that's on backwards.
As a layman who has had a Sony a6400 for a few years and have just ordered a Sony A7c I have found this video to be most informative and educational - you are simply streaks better than any other presenter on TH-cam. - Many many thanks
You Sir, are the Gold standard of Sony tutorial videos!
Mark I noticed that you commented on many questions below. You are truly a scholar and a gentleman. Mark I recently bought a Sony A7 and just watched somebody on TH-cam explain the menu options and mentioned the APS-C option very briefly. I have the full frame 28-70 Sony kit lens and wanted clarity on using that APS-C setting with that lens. You just clarified it all beyond my wildest dreams. So now I can when needed get my zoom to go from 28 - 105. Now I don't necessary have to buy the 24-105 zoom, which I can't afford yet anyways. I'll play around with my free 105 lens now and with peace of mind doing so, with tremendous thanks to your superb skill and expertise.
Clears up a lot of misconceptions that I had, and explains very thoroughly questions that i couldn’t find an answer to. Thanks 🙏🏼
Mark don’t know what I’d do without you finally I can use this mode.
Thank you Mark
This was one of the most helpful videos on this topic that I've seen so far and I have researched this all over the internet. Your way of explaining the content is exceptionally easy to follow and I can see why you are so well-regarded. Thank you!
Been a loyal follower for 2 years and still amazed at your info and use many of your vLogs regularly. Many thanks to helping me in my profession.
Great to hear!
Mark, thank you for being a Master Teacher. I ALWAYS learn something on every viewing.
I am not one to leave many comments....but this was so informative and well done, that I felt compelled to not only comment, but like and subscribe. Thanks, and keep up the great content.
As always Mark, incredibly useful video. I've always been of the opinion that one should gather as much data as possible in each image and to throw away so many pixels on a full-frame sensor is defeating the object. The freedom to subsequently add editorial text around the image is lost if tightly cropped in camera rather than in post. I think that I will always shoot in full-frame mode but an interesting point about buffering when shooting action subjects. This function may be of more use when shooting videos. You learn something every day!
As a newbie this was very well explained and the examples assisted understanding tremendously. Thanks.
I really appreciate your well thought out, clear, and low-key tutorials. Thanks!
Good explanation Mark. If I can just mention that 1.5 over 1.5 is actually ONE.
Yep I wrote the equation out incorrectly because I couldn’t find the equation written down at all when I researched this topic x the answer I gave is however correct.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Apparently : 24÷1.5^2
Another well-put-together tutorial. Thanks, Mark.
Thank you very much for your pedagogic presentation.
Best wishes todo you from the Canary Islands in Spain.
Thank you, Mark! I couldn't get APS-C working on my A7III until I saw this. It works perfectly now!
Hi,it's a real luxury the information contained in this video.Thanks!
Super helpful video! All the info I need to get going! Thank you.
This info was most helpful, I was simply highlighting the APSO auto mode.
Thanks for doing this explanation.
There is another 'bonus' with this ability to shoot in crop mode which affects the amount of Lenses we need.
Having a prime lens like a 85mm will also then become a 'virtual' 125.5mm and a 35mm Prime will take the place of a 52.5mm lens thus being 4 prime lenses.
Less travel weight is becoming more and more valuable as airlines are constantly reducing weight limits.
Plus: The crop mode is, for the same reason a very real way for weight reduction whilst hiking.
This was a good and clear explanations on how the APS-C mode on a Sony full-frame camera to be set up.
Hi Mark, thank you so much for the video, such a great information. My old fantastic Sony A6000 gave up yesterday.. and now i have an offer from my friend to buy his A7R iii for a really really great price. i was a bit nervous for using my aps-c lenses on the fullframe but after this video i feels more satisfied. Thanks :)
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video, very well explained, and the images shown as examples were also excellent. Thank you.
Excellent Technical explanation with Creative Considerations. 🤓
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative, thanks Mark.
Hi Mark. Thanks for enumerating the advantages of APS-C S35 mode. Now it's very clear in my mind.
Super in-depth! Thanks so much for this.
Great Videos and very informative. I bought the A7rii so I can use crop mode to extend the range of my lenses. Thanks. An added benefit is your steady tone and level voice that cures my insomnia late at night.
I am a little more animated when presenting to a live audience but putting on a show to a camera with nobody in the room is a style of presentation I will leave to other presenters. 😀
@@AlphaCreativeSkills All kidding aside I'm learning many things from your videos, thank you! My wife laughs when she sees me taking notes from your videos like I'm in class again.
Great video! I would advise not to leave that option in auto. I experienced a strange glitch where my a9 stayed in aps-c mode even after I put a full frame lens on. No more auto after that.
scary... thanks for mentioning
I am trying out A7r iii. Would like to commend you for the clear and easy to understand its functions and operations. It is helping me decide if I should get this camera. Thanks.
as a matter of fact, going apsc mode on first generations (A7/A7II) amplify also the PDAF zone on the EVF, which in return facilitates the focus tracking of a moving subject.
APS-C mode halves your file size. Not a single one of the other videos I watched mentioned this...though, I guess it's implied? I'd rather shoot RAW and crop later.
Wish I watched this video before an important shoot with only 2 days of hands on learning.
Thank you for the info.
Cheers Mark, Was waiting for a new Aps-c from sony but wasn't really impressed with the new 61 or 66, and I can't wait another year for the A6700 only to be dissapointed again. So after watching this my idea of getting the 65 in in doubt. So I greatly appreciating your explaination and images, and the move to Full Frame is on. Thanks again Mr G.
One of the best videos ever, thanks!
Thanks so much. Really helpful. Didn’t know how to set this until I watched this video.
You're the best Mark....staightened me out on so many Alfa issues....including the APSC mode...thanks so much..
Glad to help
Another fantastic, informative video. Thanks, Mark! I've actually been needing some proper info on this setting, since taking up bird photography.
Excellent information and well explained Mark!
EXCELLENT!!! Terrific, straight forward details on APS-C mode use and set-up! I'm researching a A7III camera for purchase and was curious about this factor. The simple set up descriptions you give are just TOP NOTCH!!!!! Many thanks!!!
Very helpful and easy to understand as always. Excellent suggestion to put the option on the Fn menu! I had it on My Menu, but it’s so much more quickly accessible on Fn. Thank you for all you do!
Susan Scharenberg Is this possible in a7ii, couldnt do any shortcut?
@@eeeejcicjn Sorry, I don't have an a7ii, so can't answer the question.
Thanks. Didn't know how few pixels we need to post to the web.
Excellent Video with good info for Crop mode
I like to assign the aps-c mode to the lense focus hold button.
Thank You so much for this video Sir. I have been searching for the secret you revealed at 13:30 of this vid. Great job. As I migrate from Nikon to Sony, I will be referencing your videos. Thanks for what you do.
Fantastic explanation of image resolution!
super helpful and very well explained! Thanks Mark!
As always very informative! Thanks a lot for your effort 🙏🏻
Yeah agree. Many dont realise how far you can crop. For someone like me who is running with just 1 lens (35mm/55mm) it would mean i can easily crop into 2:1 and still have enough MP... so im actually running with a 50-100mm zoom. Same goes for 4K video, the standard consumer doesnt need it, but it makes life so much easier for crop, to stabilise footage etc ... Still going for the a7III with 24mp should be enough for me :-)
I use it often with my sony a7c for wildlife. With my 70-300 i get 450mm with super 35, i can do 2x and get 900mm with clearzoom, and i don’t even use the 2x digital zoom, which in theory get to 1800mm. Also in video 4k you have mo loss, and allow to zoom to 450mm. I have set the down arrow to the super 35 mode for easy switch, without looking the screen.
🎉 Now I get when to use it. Very clear! 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
I have mine set to the C1 button so I can quickly toggle between the two.
Dh Viramati Is this possible in a7ii, couldnt do any shortcut?
Doesn't work with my a7r mk1.
It is not a function to add to the Fn menu either.
about to do this. good idea
thank you for the video Mark, I often used this feature as well, for birding, excellent source for Sony A shooters, Cheers!
Nice video. Also on the 7r the focus is spread all over the apsc area. Nice sometimes for shooting sports. One of the reasons I swapped from the A73 to the R version was that I want to use my apsc lenses. They are much cheaper at fast Fe lenses.
Thank You - this was unbelievably helpful.
Thank you for explaining in detail!!!
Thank you very much! Extremely helpful.
Absolutely incredibly useful video, thank you for it 👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
A suggestion for another video that could also have been included in this video, is that the real advantage with crop mode is the ability to use it when shooting video. Then you really have a virtual telephoto option with all your lenses.
You make an interesting point. Hopefully Mark Galer would be kind enough to comment in full. Thanks again.
What is better??? The Sony a7iii in aps c mode or a6500 for video making?
Not sure why you would be using the A7lll in APS-C mode when the camera can shoot full-frame without pixel binning.
Mark Galer's Alpha Creative Skills because I have a6000 and lenses for it now. And I want to buy new camera but I haven’t money for new lenses, can you tell me what camera take a better video, the a6500 or a7iii in crop mode???
@@ИванХаритонов-э9н I'm also interested in exactly this topic...
A7 iii and a6400 ( or other 6xxxx) have both 24 MP. But a7 iii has it in twice the area. This means the pixels are bigger. So less noise because the capture more light.
Thanks Mark for the nice and informative video. Maybe Sony could introduce the option of a further crop for the "r" 42mp cameras ? If I am not wrong leica has recently done this for one of its fixed lens cameras....
Hi Mark, You answered my note yesterday regarding an ftp server that works on an Ipad.
I have found one that appears to work ok, its called "FE File Explorer" available in the Ipad apps.
Excellent - I hoped there may be an App for that and Apple would allow their devices to be used as a server.
That was great. Thanks Mark.
Hi Mark, if you make a Video about the new Animal-Eye-Af, try it also with the Aps-C Mode. The Animal-Eye-AF shows much more Activity in Aps-C mode and find much more Animals, Reptiles, Birds etc :-)
@12.20 Physical set up for APS -C begins....Thanks Mark
Some of my best photos were taken with the sigma 16mm 1.4 crop sensor lens on the 7r2. I left some of my photos with the heavy vignette as an artistic decision. Killer and cheap lens.
I really liked the explanation, the most simplified I’ve come across. That poor bull though 😞. The eyes look terrified.
Probably explains why I am a vegetarian.
What would the difference in quality be between:
1) shooting in standard mode and later cropping in post
2) shooting in super 35 mode and not cropping
The above scenarios are based on the same perceived size of subject
Because if they are the same, I'm unsure of the benefits of using the super 35 mode. Thanks!!!
The Quality would be the same. I do NOT always recommend cropping in post and I think this movie highlights the benefits on one of the slides. These include - smaller files write faster to the card so you can shoot more images before the camera slows down - the buffer clears faster enabling you to shoot a second sequence sooner - the files edit faster in post and the smaller files put less strain on your hard drive (cropping a Raw file does not reduce the memory size of the file) etc etc.
Hello Mark, I wish you a happy new year. Thank you for the very informative and great video. I have a Sony a7 iii and am a hobby photographer. I edit my pictures very, very seldom and I practically never shoot RaW. I would like to buy a zoom lens and fluctuate with the sigma 100-400 mm because it is light, cheaper and I can also use it in apcs mode. I also get my 600mm that way. As a beginner, I find the tamron 150-500 mm / sigma 150-600 mm / Sony 200-600 mm too expensive and too big / difficult to start with.
Is the Sigma 100-400mm using APS-C mode the best choice for me?
Great video!
Superb content Mark.
Glad you think so!
Thank you, Mark.
Thanks a lot for sharing your profound knowledge via very informative and perfectly made videos.
I’m a so called enthusiast using the Sony A6500.
Except street photography (legal issue in Germany), I’m not specified in a photographical genre. I have fun shooting fast moving subjects (grand-children), shooting in low light situations (indoors [with-without flash] / blue hour, night / long exposures) and macro/close-up photography (no videos at all; prints are mostly photobooks and up to A3-format-prints respectively; furthermore photos are sold on mircostock agencies).
Right now I’m considering an upgrade to „whatsoever“. There are many interesting camera options as Sony A7Cii, A7CR, A6700 (the newer models), A7iv, A7Riii (…) which are great and still „payable“.
You showed the pros and cons incorporating the crop-mode in a full-frame camera, which is pretty advantageous because I could still use all my APS-C lenses.
Are there any recommandations or thoughts you can give? File-size in crop-mode differs a lot from 14,7 MP (A7Cii, A7iv) to 26 MP (A7CR => which is than the A6700, two cameras in one), with different pixelpitch and DR (=> low light).
The newer models are not in the stores right now, so have no chance to see and feel the cameras in respect of handling, EVF, display, touch-functionality and the like. Is the IQ between FF and APS-C cameras still an issue or more or less neglectable?
It would be great to receive some hints to support my decision-process. Many thanks in advance, greetings from Germany.
Thanks for the positive feedback- I offer individual support and guidance on my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel
Thanks for all the great info!
Is cropping in postproduction better for the image quality compared to cropping using the APS-C mode? Does it make any difference both for photo and video?
Thanks so much!
It makes no difference for stills. It does make a difference on some full frame cameras that pixel bin in full frame only when shooting in 4K. This makes APSC-C / Super 35 higher quality in ‘some’ full frame cameras when shooting movies.
much appreciated!
Useful video, as I'm about to upgrade to an a7r3 soon and want to see what mileage I can still get out of my a6000 lenses. One minor gripe- fix the math on the 3:45ish slides- the way it is currently stylized is incorrect, as (1.5/1.5) is 1, anyway you cut it, and 24/1 is 24, not 10.66.
Unfortunately Mat was not my strong point at school and TH-cam doesn't allow you to fixe or replace the movie. The only option I have is to take it down.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills yeah, im being a bit of a pedant. No worries, just feedback
Great as always. But affects the aps c mode the bokeh as well? Is there a difference in bokeh between full frame and aps c mode at 200mm? Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 and keep going. Thanks
Cropping in camera or in post does not change the bokeh. If, however, you were to trying to match the angle of view by changing focal length then the depth of field of the APS-C image would appear greater than the Full Frame version.
Thanks Mark. Really helpful. I have been thinking getting 24mm 1.4 and use it as both 24 and a 35 mm equivalent in APS-C mode because all the 35mm 1.4 lenses are too big.
Just remember that you have to apply the crop factor to the aperture to work out the equivalent depth of field.
Thanks very much!
I have a question: Does APS-mode have an influence on aperture? I wonder how it affects bokeh.....
You are essentially just cropping in camera. There is no impact on exposure so in that regard the aperture works just as it did in Full frame mode. It is typical to apply the crop factor (1.5) to the aperture to determine the full-frame equivalent depth of field - but again this is no different than had you just cropped in during post production editing.
@@AlphaCreativeSkillsI understand. Thanks for being so kind and answering my questions, Mark! I enjoy watching your incredibly well explained topics on professional photography very much! ☺️
Very well reasoned, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for clarifying that it only makes the image appear closer but not a true magnification just a mag. factor
Glad if helped
Mark Galer's, really much helps your content.
I'm migrating from canon to sony recently, and I'm with an a7iii and would like to buy the 18-135mm lens, for the qualities you present in a video of yours on this lens, at the moment I'm not being able to invest in multiple lenses and this with this mode that you presented would be a good alternative.
The 18-135 in APS-C mode will give you image files that are 10 Megapixels
Goddamn this was a the best tutorial ive seen ive watching like 20 and this is the best one thank you
Awesome video. Learnt so much. Thank you. Quick question? If I allocate a short cut button to trigger APS-C mode, Does it automatically comes back to full frame and 24MP when I press my short cut button again? I just want to understand that the short cut button override the 2 step process of going in the menu and setting shooting manual and shoot on? Thanks
Yes - you can toggle between the APS-C mode and Full Frame. Care has to be taken not to press the button accidentally as only the very latest cameras (A1 and A7IV) have an icon visible in the Finder to remind you that you are now shooting in APS-C mode.
Very good tutorial Mark. Thanks for that. I was wondering about any difference in IQ between FF and apsc but there doesn't seem to be any (perhaps focusing in apsc mode could be more precise than FF making the resulting image a bit sharper in the intended places, perhaps). Just wish that the full-frame/aps-c switch could be assigned to a button on my A7Rii.
No difference in AF performance as the A7RII has the PDAF points only in the APS-C area of the sensor.
Excellent video, Mark. Thanks. As I understand it, you do lose focus points going into crop mode. I was hoping to use my A73 as a wildlife/action camera and did extensive research vs the A6400 and A6600. The benefits of using the A73 is that you don't have to buy a new camera or carry another piece of kit and better high iso performance. But the benefits of the APS-C cameras is that you get a full 24MP sensor readout AND more phase detect auto focus points. Am I correct with that line of thinking, Mark?
I generally use APS-C mode on my A7RIV camera as I don't lose many focus points and my files are 26 megapixels. The AF tracking of the A7RIV is as reliable as the A6400 and A6600 cameras and the buffer is over 340 images in APS-C mode. The number of focus points is fairly academic as these mirrorless cameras have hundreds instead of the dozens you find on a typical DSLR.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks for the quick reply, Mark. My predicament is that I have the 7Riii and the 7iii. I don't have too much interest in the 7Riv right now so I run the risk of what you point out in the video, losing too many MP in APSC mode on the 7iii. The 7Riii would be fine, but I feel like going into APS-C mode would be reducing it's AF capabilities enough to matter. This is why the 6400 is coming into my mind. Make sense? The 7Riv solves all of that, but I'm not ready to deal with 61MP, yet. Actually, my PC isn't, lol.
Ciao Mark ma questi tutorial in generale c'è la possibilità di averli in Italiano per una comprensione migliore durante la spiegazione?
Hi Mark,
Thoroughly enjoyed your excellent tutorial on super 35 mode on full frame sensors but I must confess to being a little confused, perhaps you could help.
With an A7111 I understand the crop sensor mode will give me a 10.66 meg image.
If I shoot a flat surface, a brick wall for example and process the following options,
Option 1 - shoot a full 24 meg image, select the whole image and crop by pixel size to produce a 10.66meg image by downsizing the whole frame.
Option 2 - shoot the same 24 meg image and then crop a 10.66 image out of the centre of the image
Option 3 - use the crop sensor mode to produce a 10.66 image
Disregarding focal length and dof, will the above 3 images be identical with respect to sharpness and grain? when viewed at 100% in photoshop on a 4k monitor.
Many thanks
They will be identical. The buffer capacity, card storage and Finder view does change.
Thank u so much for these insights!
I don't get the formula on 3:07 1.5/1.5=1, so how exactly to convert the file size/resolution?
I made an error in presenting the calculation
I think it’s meant to be (24 MP/1.5)/1.5
Another great video! I didn’t realize I needed to turn off APS-C shooting to use it manually or that it only appears in the full info screen, THANK YOU!! I also put it on the function menu rather C3 button like you suggested.
Would shooting in RAW enhance the ability to sharpen photos taken in crop with my 16-35 Sigma Art lense?
They have just started adding an APS-C crop icon in the viewfinder for the A1, A7IV and A7RV cameras
Your question about Raw requires a complex answer that would require a response of several pages. I often provide this level of support on my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel.
Great video Mark! Thanks! So, your talk seems to say that you're not really loosing that much by shooting with your ASP-C lens in ASP-C mode on the full frame camera (in my case, the a7RIII). How does this image or resolution compare to that taken on an ASP-C camera, such as the a6500?
I discuss in the tutorial that you sacrifice some resolution- but in many instances not more than is necessary to use on a 4K Monitor. The resolution of the A7Rlll drops to 18 Megapixels. 4K is 8.3
Hey man
Great videos as usual. I heard something that shooting in crop mode increases noise and decreases dynamic range. Firstly, can you confirm that? & as a follow up, would you therefore advise against crop mode (or even apsc lenses on full frame bodies) in lowlight situations?
It is no different to cropping in camera. Dynamic range is therefore exactly the same. Images appear noisier the more you zoom or crop into the image. Again it is no different to cropping in post. If you don't use APS-C in low ambient light then you have to choose a wider angle of view or reject the idea of cropping in post.
Thanks for the great video.
Great information. Do you have something more recent that goes into depth about using an apsc lens on a newer Sony like A7cr etc.? Thank you.
Only half of my content is on TH-cam - my main support service for Alpha owners is Patreon.com/markgaler. I have several seminars that discuss lens choice for A7CII and A7CR cameras.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you
Very Informative Mark. Thank you !
Is there any major difference in low light photography music event using super 35mm ?
No - cropping in camera does not effect low light performance
Most excellent video! Thank you for taking the time to explain thoroughly. I've created a Custom Key for my a7riii and look forward to using some lighter lenses from time to time. 👍
Glad it helped! - Just get into the habit of checking whether you are shooting in APS-C or Full frame mode. It is often easy to overlook this when using zoom lens. Sony have added the crop or APS-C icon to the finder in in its latest Alpha cameras, e.g., A1 and A7IV.
If you find you are accidentally pressing your Custom key you may choose to move the APS-C/S35 option to the Fn menu instead.
Mark, Thanks for another great and very instructional video. For an a7RIV how does using crop Mode effect the auto focus system. Is there any change? Thanks.
No change
@@AlphaCreativeSkills Mark thanks for the reply
Ohhh thats some great advice thanks so much. I have a small question. On A7rii we dont seem to have quick access on ether of the button or function menus... Do you have an idea which could help for the in body crop using primes.
I though of using zoom function.. Or go in the main menu and have to change i every time... Wich is not that convenient.
Thanks a lot
Clear Image Zooms only available when shooting JPEGs. I am struggling to remember the A7RII menus and don't have an eBook for that model to refer to (I only started writing eBooks for these cameras with the A7RIII).