D7100 1.3x crop in sensor vs Crop in Software?

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nfpotter
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Re: D7100 1.3x crop in sensor vs Crop in Software?
In reply to TAM63, 4 months ago

TAM63 wrote:

Little confused by that - I'd think if you cropped in software, you'd be keeping the bit from the center of the lens.

Whereas if the camera was doing it, then it'd use the whole lens, and not just the presumably sharper center.

Am I missing something?

You're missing something.

If I'm using the full frame, and I put my subject at the very side/top/bottom/corner, then that MAY be a part of my lens that is less sharp than the center.  If I'm using the 1.3x crop mode, I'm just using a "chunk" out of the center of the frame, about 15 MP out of the 24 MP full-res.

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