Shouldn't Nikon include 1.2x crop in all its FFs...?

To me the logic of helping DX users by including 1.2x cropping is peculiar.

However, in general crop modes have the advantage that they allow smaller RAW files which save disk space. When I take a picture of a distant bird or boat that will not fill the frame, I often go down to DX crop on the D800.

If you crop yourself in postprocessing, the resulting file will not be a smaller RAW file.

On a D600, I would be less tempted to apply cropped RAW files, as they might become ​too​ ​small.

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