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From: David J Taylor on 16 Jul 2010 02:15 "krishnananda" <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote in message news:krishna-274E80.22554715072010(a)news.eternal-september.org... [] > You've got it in a nutshell. If it were possible to mount a lens > designed for APS-C sized sensors on a "full frame" camera you'd get > exactly that vignetting. [] "If it were possible"? Quite possible for any Nikon lens user. David
From: Savageduck on 16 Jul 2010 02:22 On 2010-07-15 23:15:54 -0700, "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> said: > "krishnananda" <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote in message > news:krishna-274E80.22554715072010(a)news.eternal-september.org... > [] >> You've got it in a nutshell. If it were possible to mount a lens >> designed for APS-C sized sensors on a "full frame" camera you'd get >> exactly that vignetting. > [] > > "If it were possible"? Quite possible for any Nikon lens user. > > David Actually, mounting a Nikkor DX lens on a D700, or D3, D3x, D3s, should invoke DX mode, auto cropping the image. No vignette. A non-Nikkor APS-C lens on any of those FX cameras could very well produce the vignette. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: David J Taylor on 16 Jul 2010 02:39 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010071523224764440-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-07-15 23:15:54 -0700, "David J Taylor" > <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> said: > >> "krishnananda" <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote in message >> news:krishna-274E80.22554715072010(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> [] >>> You've got it in a nutshell. If it were possible to mount a lens >>> designed for APS-C sized sensors on a "full frame" camera you'd get >>> exactly that vignetting. >> [] >> >> "If it were possible"? Quite possible for any Nikon lens user. >> >> David > > Actually, mounting a Nikkor DX lens on a D700, or D3, D3x, D3s, should > invoke DX mode, auto cropping the image. No vignette. > > A non-Nikkor APS-C lens on any of those FX cameras could very well > produce the vignette. > > -- > Regards, > > Savageduck I thought you could override the auto-crop? Cheers, David
From: Paul Furman on 16 Jul 2010 02:40 Savageduck wrote: > On 2010-07-15 23:15:54 -0700, "David J Taylor" > <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> said: > >> "krishnananda" <krishna(a)divine-life.in.invalid> wrote in message >> news:krishna-274E80.22554715072010(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> [] >>> You've got it in a nutshell. If it were possible to mount a lens >>> designed for APS-C sized sensors on a "full frame" camera you'd get >>> exactly that vignetting. >> [] >> >> "If it were possible"? Quite possible for any Nikon lens user. >> >> David > > Actually, mounting a Nikkor DX lens on a D700, or D3, D3x, D3s, should > invoke DX mode, auto cropping the image. No vignette. > > A non-Nikkor APS-C lens on any of those FX cameras could very well > produce the vignette. You can turn off DX crop setting, which I did for a 10.5mm DX fisheye. It still isn't quite a full circular fisheye. The lens shade needs to be trimmed back too. Generally not advisable but some lenses will work at some settings.
From: Bruce on 16 Jul 2010 02:42
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:29:43 -0400, BF <bfor56(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On 7/14/2010 8:52 PM, Scotius wrote: >> Why is it that camera lenses are round, but pictures are >> square? Hmmm? Tell me that ya' smarteys! > > >What a bunch of worthless answers. Stupid questions tend to get worthless answers, and this was a particularly stupid question. Intelligent questions probably stand a better chance of eliciting intelligent answers, but there is no guarantee. ;-) |