02-18-2011, 12:04 PM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1298026443' post='6213']That is the REAL "in terms of light gathering". A bit bigger than stated, don't you agree (more than 1 stop)?
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Lol, it's the best case scenario - Nikon's crop sensor which is only 1.15 stop slower than FF. For instance, Sigma's foveon is 1.5 stop slower and still considered as APS-C. Some f/2.0 lens would act as f/3.5 on such camera <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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Lol, it's the best case scenario - Nikon's crop sensor which is only 1.15 stop slower than FF. For instance, Sigma's foveon is 1.5 stop slower and still considered as APS-C. Some f/2.0 lens would act as f/3.5 on such camera <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />