Camera sizes

The sensors of full-frame cameras have the same dimensions as 35mm film due to a crop factor of 1. Crop-sensor cameras (like the majority of amateur types available on the market) have a onen of 1.6x or 1.5x, meaning that the sensor is 1.6x or 1.5x smaller than a 35mm film frame.

• Full frame
• Crop factor

Full frame

A full-frame camera is a camera with a full-frame sensor. This is an image sensor that's the same size as the sensor of an analog camera. The biggest advantage of a full-frame camera is that it has no crop factor.

Crop factor

Each digital camera has a crop-factor, meaning the size difference of the sensor in relation to a 35mm film frame. Full-frame cameras have a crop factor of 1x, so their sensors are the same size as 35mm film.