DX VS FX LENSES

Posted by Rupesh Kumar Karki
Initially, when I started photography even I was unaware of DX and FX lenses, but one thing is very common in each and every person is "searching, looking and poking" into the matter before starting of himself or herself. This is the reason because of which even you are reading this blog. As I have already mentioned that I am a hobbyist photographer and have Nikon D5500 camera and FX lenses that can also be mounted on APS-C cameras.
Nikon-50mm-Lens

It is usually said that FX lens doesn't give a sharp image and if you are interested in getting sharp images it is better to go with DX lenses.  The reason behind this concept is the size of the sensor in DX format Camera. When you snap a photo using FX lens, the sensor actually takes the image relatively to its sensor size of 24x16mm (1.5X Crop factor) which basically reduces the pixel and thus reduces the sharpness of image which happens because of cropping of the image. Below is the photo, taken with my Nikon D5500.
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Pic of Nikon D5500 and Lens 50mm f/1.8G (f/2.0, 1/80, ISO-200)
The only thing that I know is Photography is your passion and it doesn't matter what gear you have but the most that matter is how better you utilize that in order to quench your thirst of satisfaction. The craving for something more will never end but what you can do is the best with the one that is available.This pic is also from the same photography session.

B-&-W-Sepia-Headshot
B&W Sepia Headshot Nikon D5500 and Lens 55-200mm f/5.6
(102mm, f/4.5, 1/60, ISO-200)

Photography is all about understanding light and color and utilizing the best with the available resources and even if you have 15 minutes to work out don't miss out that time just go out and utilize it in the way you want. The more you take pictures the more you learn and always keep burning the fire of mastering. Mastering means to 'gain control over' and control can be gained only with practice and learning through error. Always be ready to hit the bull's eye.
Portrait-Shot
Nikon D5500, Lens 50mm f/1.8G
(f/2.0, 1/125, ISO-200)

What matters most is how you take the shot and how far are you able to present it? I have taken few group and portrait shots, these photos are not straight out of camera, these photos have also been edited in LR and PS to develop them from RAW to JPEG and mostly I prefer to click in RAW rather than JPEG. I have already explained this in my previous article or you can click here to read again that article.

3 comments:

  1. Well said, your passion matters most and slowly gears can also be added.

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    1. Thanks Ravindra ji, your words means a lot to me and hope you will keep on reading my blog posts.

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