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    About Crop

    My camera (sonyA7 M2) has options to ....
    1. Select crop sensor
    2. Auto select crop sensor

    Why would someone select these options on a full frame camera?

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    Re: About Crop

    If you are using a crop sensor lens you'll sometimes prefer to crop in-camera rather then crop in post-process to remove the vignette.

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    Re: About Crop

    Generally if you have crop sensor lenses from a crop sensor body and want to use them with a full-frame camera.

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    Re: About Crop

    I agree it's one of many useless functions found on modern cameras.
    Thankfully, Sony is marching on with their lenses. There are now some very serious full frame lenses available for the A7 series (for serious money).

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    Re: About Crop

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    If you are using a crop sensor lens you'll sometimes prefer to crop in-camera rather then crop in post-process to remove the vignette.
    Yes and with my FF Nikon in crop mode, there is a framing guide in the optical viewfinder which allows you to frame the shot properly. This means that it's just like using a crop camera. I don't know about the Sony but it could well do something similar in it's electronic viewfinder.

    Dave

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    Re: About Crop

    Quote Originally Posted by dje View Post
    Yes and with my FF Nikon in crop mode, there is a framing guide in the optical viewfinder which allows you to frame the shot properly. This means that it's just like using a crop camera. I don't know about the Sony but it could well do something similar in it's electronic viewfinder.

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    Just have to remind myself to switch back to FX mode when switching lenses.

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