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041: Full Frame Vs Crop Sensor Cameras Do You Need To Upgrade? WARNING: ADVANCED TOPIC

This Week Indianapolis Wedding Photographer Raymond Hatfield talks to you about the importance of sensor size after he got an email from listener Steven Elliot. The Pros and Cons of Full Frame Cameras and the Pros and Cons of a Crop Sensor Camera. Why you might not need to upgrade to Full Frame and how you can achieve the look you want from a crop sensor camera. 

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In This Episode You'll learn:

  • What A Full Frame Sensor Means

  • Why You Probably Have A Crop Sensor Camera

  • Full frame vs Crop sensor for weddings

  • Full frame vs crop sensor for portraits

  • Full frame vs crop sensor for landscapes

  • What type of sensor is best for your photography

  • When a crop sensor is better than a full size sensor

  • Why you might want to save money and buy a t6i over a canon 80D

  • Why so many wedding photographers shoot with full frame cameras

  • How having a crop sensor can make you a better photographer

  • How you can get more reach out of your zoom lens

 

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BONUS TIP: Getting Better low light performance from your Crop Sensor Camera

One of my favorite tricks is find the exposure that looks good, so lets say "Aperture - f2 Shutter Speed - 1/80 ISO3200" bring the ISO down to 1600 so all of your photos are 1 stop underexposed. Make sure you're shooting in RAW and then bring the photos into Lightroom. Your computer has more processing power than your camera does so let Lightroom work on the photo for you. Raise the exposure up half a stop, and then raise the shadows until your happy with the exposure. Then to finish it off go down to "Noise reduction" and slowly increase the levels until the photo is less grainy! But remember a little grain is good and I wouldn't worry about it unless your clients bring up how grainy it is.