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[skieur]

The advantage of crop body cameras is smaller, lighter lenses for longer focal lengths. Combine that with cameras that have no flipping mirror and there becomes less of a need for a tripod. That is a big advantage for photographers who do a lot of telephoto shooting.

skieur

 

[panblue]

A Masters makes you an academic, not a professional.

Full frame cameras automatically make the photographer a professional.

It's the photography equivalent of a Master's degree

 

[panblue]

It's true; the term full frame was being used in street photography at somtime to mean we don't crop; we only show full-frame captures that are keepers.

Just to be a bit pedantic I say that every camera, regardless of format or medium, is a full frame camera in that it will expose it's entire sensor, or dedicated area of film, at every exposure.

However the term full frame, has more currently come to mean the difference between a 135 format sized sensor (size of a traditional 35 mm SLR exposure) and a smaller, like P&S or APS-C size, sensor. For example a Nikon FX format camera has a sensor that is about 42 mm in the diagonal compared to a DX format Nikon which has a sensor of about a 28 mm in the diagonal. The FX is said to be full frame while the DX is said to be cropped.

edit: Olympus had a film camera that was 'half frame' in that it used regular 35mm film but the camera exposed an area only half as big as a regular 35mm slr. So the camera got twice as many exposures on a roll (portrait orientation) as a regular 35 mm slr. Also, some digital backs for MF cameras have a sensor size somewhat smaller than their film backs, so these could be said to be 'cropped' as well even if their sensors are bigger than 42mm in diagonal.

 

[Dubaiian]

A Masters makes you an academic, not a professional.

I always thought that Masters stood for "mediocre achiever still trying educational routes to success"

 

[molested_cow]

A Masters makes you an academic, not a professional.

I always thought that Masters stood for "mediocre achiever still trying educational routes to success"

That's what the losers think.

 

[480sparky41 40]

Just to be a bit pedantic I say that every camera, regardless of format or medium, is a full frame camera in that it will expose it's entire sensor, or dedicated area of film, at every exposure.

However the term full frame, has more currently come to mean the difference between a 135 format sized sensor (size of a traditional 35 mm SLR exposure) and a smaller, like P&S or APS-C size, sensor. For example a Nikon FX format camera has a sensor that is about 42 mm in the diagonal compared to a DX format Nikon which has a sensor of about a 28 mm in the diagonal. The FX is said to be full frame while the DX is said to be cropped.

edit: Olympus had a film camera that was 'half frame' in that it used regular 35mm film but the camera exposed an area only half as big as a regular 35mm slr. So the camera got twice as many exposures on a roll (portrait orientation) as a regular 35 mm slr. Also, some digital backs for MF cameras have a sensor size somewhat smaller than their film backs, so these could be said to be 'cropped' as well even if their sensors are bigger than 42mm in diagonal.

And here I thought 'full frame' was a nice way of referring to one's... well...... um............. 'well-fed' spouse.

 

[unpopular]

A Masters makes you an academic, not a professional.

I always thought that Masters stood for "mediocre achiever still trying educational routes to success"

That's what the losers think.

^^^ THIS. School is hard, if you think/thought otherwise, you're probably majoring in beer bong construction.

 

[rexbobcat]

^^^ THIS. School is hard, if you think/thought otherwise, you're probably majoring in beer bong construction.

Depends on the field and degree lol.

I honestly feel guilty because the classes in the area I'm studying are stupidly easy. I'm not complaining but still...guilty...

But then I think it's partly because my university only gives a damn about the engineering and medical departments.

 

[unpopular]

Are you studying art?

If so, yeah. It's really easy to get an "A" in art. The grades are super inflated. But that's kind of a two-edged sword. A BFA isn't worth a lot without a masters degree, and if everyone is getting "A's" then it's going to rely a lot more on your portfolio, letters of recommendation, exhibit reviews etc.

So it ends up getting really competitive in the upper divisions, everyone's getting high letter grades, but in order to get into a good MFA program you need the letters of recommendation and exhibit reviews.

A fine art education might be easy to ace, but to actually get anywhere in the long run it really depends on your reputation as an artist - I suppose, not a whole lot different than the gallery circuit.

 

[rexbobcat]

Are you studying art?

If so, yeah. It's really easy to get an "A" in art. The grades are super inflated. But that's kind of a two-edged sword. A BFA isn't worth a lot without a masters degree, and if everyone is getting "A's" then it's going to rely a lot more on your portfolio, letters of recommendation, exhibit reviews etc.

So it ends up getting really competitive in the upper divisions, everyone's getting high letter grades, but in order to get into a good MFA program you need the letters of recommendation and exhibit reviews.

A fine art education might be easy to ace, but to actually get anywhere in the long run it really depends on your reputation as an artist - I suppose, not a whole lot different than the gallery circuit.

It's half art, half media and comm.

...It's a weird program. Lol

I'm not betting on getting anywhere in the city that I live in right now. The art scene is "meh" and photography scene is especially "mmmmeeehhhh"

 

[unpopular]

iirc, i've seen examples.

your program sounds like a non-committed fine art program! fine art is an all or nothing field, there's no half-assing it. you can't diverge yourself with "plan b's". you have to give it everything - more than I've ever been willing to actually commit myself to.

being a fine artist in the sense of galleries and university teaching positions is probably one of the hardest careers you one can choose. people often make the mistake that because art is an "easy a" - and it is - that art is inherently easy. Just look at all the starving artists out there. It's not easy at all.

 

[molested_cow]

Hmmm....

I got a BFA and MFA, and I work with mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, software engineers, interface design/engineers, human factors engineers, human and consumer behavior researchers, anthropologist, business strategists, business directors, quality control engineers, manufacturing engineers, material engineers, sales directors, marketing folks and I can't remember the rest.

And I am usually the one integrating everyone's input to come up with the most appropriate solution. Yes it's unbelievable. I only have a "FA" degree.

 

[molested_cow]

Oh yes I do use a full frame! But that's only after I got my masters.

 

[Sarmad]

Full frame DSLR's have a huge sensor, equivalent to those of film cameras (36×24 mm). Others have small sensors... The usual entry level DSLR's have a APS-C crop sensor.

 

[unpopular]

LOL @ 35mm format being "huge"!