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Full frame or crop? Picking your film camera

Full frame or crop? Picking your film camera

From the course: DIY Filmmaking Tips Weekly

Full frame or crop? Picking your film camera

(light music) - And we're done. Mm, yes, look at that happy little field of view. Hmm, you know what? Let's get a little crazy, and let's give it a crop. Ah, yes, that's much better. (upbeat music) As DIY filmmakers, you probably are already considering shooting your film on a DSLR or mirrorless camera. But when it comes time to picking one, do you choose full frame or crop sensor? Can you even tell the difference? Well, let's go over some of the pros and cons for each so you can decide which sensor size fits your filmmaking best. But first, we have to go over the actual dimensions of a full frame and crop sensor. A full frame sensor is 36 millimeters by 24 millimeters, which also happens to be the same size as 35-millimeter film. A crop sensor can be anything from 22 millimeters by 14 millimeters, all the way down to an iPhone, which is 4.5 millimeters to 3.4 millimeters. Different cameras have different crop…

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