

#Frame sensor camera full#
They are usually easier to carry around too because they require less bulk to house a. (Image credit: Leica) The best full-frame compact cameras are for those time when an APS-C sensor just wont cut it. (A full frame camera is one where the image sensor is the same size as a piece of 35mm film, whereas a crop frame camera has a smaller image sensor - typically 1.5 - 2x smaller.) The reason for this is not that full frame cameras are inherently better, but simply that they have a higher profit margin on the full frame models. Because the image sensors in many digital cameras are smaller than the 24 mm × 36 mm image area of full-frame 35 mm cameras.

The image sensor format of a digital camera determines the angle of view of a particular lens when used with a particular sensor. Most cameras were tested with fast SD cards by SanDisk and ProGrade, but more high-performance models like the Canon EOS R3, R5 and Nikon Z9 were tested with ultra high-speed CFExpress cards by ProGrade.Īs professionals ourselves, we know what to look for in a good camera, we know what makes our lives easier when out shooting in the field and what features genuinely help us take better-looking images - or are simply a waste of money. A crop sensor camera has a smaller sensor and therefore weighs much less. In digital photography, the image sensor format is the shape and size of the image sensor. We've tested cameras in the ways that you'd want to use them yourself actually getting out into the world and capturing real images we'd want to share with family or on Instagram.įrame after frame of test images have been taken on each camera, both in raw format and JPEG, to test all of the key features of the camera and to see how each model really handles. They've been carried in backpacks, in messenger bags, taken to city-center coffee shops, bars, to the beach, up hills and through forests.

The cameras featured here have been tested by CNET Editor At Large and professional photographer Andrew Lanxon.
