Canon5DsR Review 4 of 5 : It's All About Numbers
As everyone knows, a full frame body covers a larger area than a crop-body like a 7d/7d2 (60%more). And as all the wild birds photographers also know is that :
ALL THE WILD BIRDS WOULD LIKE TO STAY AWAY FROM YOU !!!
And that is the main reason why so many of us choose the crop body cameras over full frame cameras for birds photography because we want more detail from the camera without having to get closer to the bird.
Let's say if you're shooting with the 5dmark3 for example...after you cropped the center 40% you'll end up with images of less than 9 mega-pixels. (22.3 x 0.4 = 8.92).
Big Difference from the 7d2 of 20.2 mega-pixels.
Now this new 5DsR body with 50mega-pixels changes all that reasoning:
If you cut the center 40% of the frame you'll end up with 20 megapixel, the same as a 7dmark2.
Yet shooting with this 5DsR give you more real estate that you don't have with the 7d/7d2 :
7dmark2 APS-C size sensor : .....5472x3648 = 19962k pixels
5dsR F.F.CMOS sensor.................8688x5792 = 50321k pixels
Exactly at 2.5 times more. (50.1 vs 20.1)
As you can see with this fast fly-by shot of this rare and skittish SCALY-NAPED PIGEON....I would have cut its wings off if I were using my usual 7d2 for this shot. (Center cropped using the numbers above.)
What a bonus !!!
End result: You'll have a better chance of getting the bird in the frame when you shoot with the 5ds body than a 7d2 when you're standing at the same distance....with the same detail.
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Canon5DsR Review 4 of 5 : It's All About Numbers
As everyone knows, a full frame body covers a larger area than a crop-body like a 7d/7d2 (60%more). And as all the wild birds photographers also know is that :
ALL THE WILD BIRDS WOULD LIKE TO STAY AWAY FROM YOU !!!
And that is the main reason why so many of us choose the crop body cameras over full frame cameras for birds photography because we want more detail from the camera without having to get closer to the bird.
Let's say if you're shooting with the 5dmark3 for example...after you cropped the center 40% you'll end up with images of less than 9 mega-pixels. (22.3 x 0.4 = 8.92).
Big Difference from the 7d2 of 20.2 mega-pixels.
Now this new 5DsR body with 50mega-pixels changes all that reasoning:
If you cut the center 40% of the frame you'll end up with 20 megapixel, the same as a 7dmark2.
Yet shooting with this 5DsR give you more real estate that you don't have with the 7d/7d2 :
7dmark2 APS-C size sensor : .....5472x3648 = 19962k pixels
5dsR F.F.CMOS sensor.................8688x5792 = 50321k pixels
Exactly at 2.5 times more. (50.1 vs 20.1)
As you can see with this fast fly-by shot of this rare and skittish SCALY-NAPED PIGEON....I would have cut its wings off if I were using my usual 7d2 for this shot. (Center cropped using the numbers above.)
What a bonus !!!
End result: You'll have a better chance of getting the bird in the frame when you shoot with the 5ds body than a 7d2 when you're standing at the same distance....with the same detail.
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