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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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 :)
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!
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.
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.
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!!!
I use this all the time and really love it, it gets me a bit closer and the quality is acceptable. My only issue is you can't swap modes while the buffer is active!
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.
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.
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 :-)
This is unbelievably useful. I have started using the aps-c mode on my Batis 18mm to make a 27mm width. It has made this lens more versatile as I can use it for wide angle portraits now and a smaller 35mm like width for landscapes where the 18mm is too wide. 😀
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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....
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.
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 :-)
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.
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.
Is there a loss in light when going into aps-c mode? I have been reading conflicting answers, some tell me the light/illuminance is the same, since the pixel sizes are the same, some tell me you lose one stop of light. I recognize that the bokeh would look different, because by switching to aps-c and keeping the same composition, the perspective/compression is different, so the bokeh will look different. But still I'm uncertain about whether there is a loss of light.
No loss of light - the 1/5 crop factor is applied to the angle of view and aperture in terms of depth of field but not exposure. It is to different to cropping in post.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
@@AlphaCreativeSkills 💯
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
Clears up a lot of misconceptions that I had, and explains very thoroughly questions that i couldn’t find an answer to. 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.
You Sir, are the Gold standard of Sony tutorial videos!
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!
Mark don’t know what I’d do without you finally I can use this mode.
Thank you Mark
Mark, thank you for being a Master Teacher. I ALWAYS learn something on every viewing.
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!
Another well-put-together tutorial. Thanks, Mark.
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
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!
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!
This was a good and clear explanations on how the APS-C mode on a Sony full-frame camera to be set up.
Thanks. Didn't know how few pixels we need to post to the web.
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.
Thank you, Mark! I couldn't get APS-C working on my A7III until I saw this. It works perfectly now!
Thank you very much for your pedagogic presentation.
Best wishes todo you from the Canary Islands in Spain.
This info was most helpful, I was simply highlighting the APSO auto mode.
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.
Hi Mark. Thanks for enumerating the advantages of APS-C S35 mode. Now it's very clear in my mind.
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
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!
Very informative, thanks Mark.
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 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.
Another fantastic, informative video. Thanks, Mark! I've actually been needing some proper info on this setting, since taking up bird photography.
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.
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!!!
Excellent video, very well explained, and the images shown as examples were also excellent. Thank you.
Thanks so much. Really helpful. Didn’t know how to set this until I watched this video.
Excellent information and well explained Mark!
Fantastic explanation of image resolution!
I use this all the time and really love it, it gets me a bit closer and the quality is acceptable. My only issue is you can't swap modes while the buffer is active!
Thanks for clarifying that it only makes the image appear closer but not a true magnification just a mag. factor
Glad if helped
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.
Excellent Technical explanation with Creative Considerations. 🤓
Glad it was helpful!
Super in-depth! Thanks so much for this.
Super helpful video! All the info I need to get going! Thank you.
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.
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 :-)
Hi,it's a real luxury the information contained in this video.Thanks!
This is unbelievably useful. I have started using the aps-c mode on my Batis 18mm to make a 27mm width. It has made this lens more versatile as I can use it for wide angle portraits now and a smaller 35mm like width for landscapes where the 18mm is too wide. 😀
Especially useful with high resolution sensors
thank you for the video Mark, I often used this feature as well, for birding, excellent source for Sony A shooters, Cheers!
Excellent Video with good info for Crop mode
@12.20 Physical set up for APS -C begins....Thanks Mark
super helpful and very well explained! Thanks Mark!
Thank you for explaining in detail!!!
As always very informative! Thanks a lot for your effort 🙏🏻
🎉 Now I get when to use it. Very clear! 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Mark.
You're the best Mark....staightened me out on so many Alfa issues....including the APSC mode...thanks so much..
Glad to help
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 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.
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.
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.
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 very much! Extremely helpful.
One of the best videos ever, thanks!
I like to assign the aps-c mode to the lense focus hold button.
Thank You - this was unbelievably helpful.
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 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.
Very well reasoned, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
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.
That was great. Thanks Mark.
Superb content Mark.
Glad you think so!
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....
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
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 :-)
Great video!
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
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.
Absolutely incredibly useful video, thank you for it 👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Is there a loss in light when going into aps-c mode? I have been reading conflicting answers, some tell me the light/illuminance is the same, since the pixel sizes are the same, some tell me you lose one stop of light.
I recognize that the bokeh would look different, because by switching to aps-c and keeping the same composition, the perspective/compression is different, so the bokeh will look different. But still I'm uncertain about whether there is a loss of light.
No loss of light - the 1/5 crop factor is applied to the angle of view and aperture in terms of depth of field but not exposure. It is to different to cropping in post.
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.
Thank you so much
Thank u so much for these insights!
Goddamn this was a the best tutorial ive seen ive watching like 20 and this is the best one thank you
Awesome video ! Golden info
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, 💯💯💯
Thanks for watching
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.
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.
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
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!
Thanks for the info
Thanks for the great video.
So far for videography should not be any differences in terms on low video quality?
You are effectively zooming in, so noise will be slightly bigger when working at high ISO.
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! ☺️
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
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?
Thank you so much!
APSC mode is great for telephotos.
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.
so helpful, thanks!
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.