Full Frame Vs Micro Four Thirds Low Light

I now know olympus and micro four thirds will just never cut it versus full frame.

Full frame vs micro four thirds low light.

If you re not sure what a micro four thirds camera is it s a smaller mirrorless camera that first came about in 2008 and has a crop factor of 2x in relation to full frame sensors aps c format. That means this crop body actually has bigger pixels than the full frame 5ds. The latest sensor technology such as bsi cmos sensors give an advantage here as do cameras. Full frame cameras are capable of capturing the most light and will almost always out perform an aps c or micro four thirds camera body under low light conditions.

That means it has a pixel size of 4 1 microns. You only need to use both to understand why. The nikon d7000 is a 16 megapixel 1 5x crop aps c sensor with a pixel size of 4 7 microns. A 50mm f 4 lens on full frame has an entrance pupil of 12 5mm.

To get the equivalent depth of field you similarly divide aperture by 2. A 50mm lens on full frame is 25mm on micro four thirds. Micro four thirds sensors don t perform well under low light conditions where the iso needs to be cranked up to say above 2000. You can read a lot about this across the internet.

I actually would predict olympus will possibly pull out of this format they ll deny it of course which will eventually disappear as full frame and medium format mirrorless cameras will be reduced in sizes close to mft. They ve compared medium format full frame aps c and micro four thirds in a side by side shootout taking identical photos and making large prints to see how the image quality and dynamic. As sensor technology has improved and photographers needs have evolved there s a good argument to be made that the aps c format checks more boxes than either full frame of micro four thirds. Full frame vs crop pixel size let s take a look at the full frame canon 5ds which is a 50 megapixel camera.

In this article i want to talk about the controversial debate about full frame versus micro four thirds format.