Nikon SLR Cameras

What's the crop factor for Canon and Nikon?

Zi Yang Lai
Zi Yang Lai

Surprisingly, I couldn't find an answer on Google…

I know that it's somewhere between 1.5 and 1.6 but which is Nikon's crop factor?
Is Nikon's DX sensor bigger than Canon's?

Guest
Guest

All those questions can be answered by going to snapsort.com and comparing camera models. Each camera has slightly different sensor sizes.

Guest
Guest

Yes, the Nikon APS-C sensors are larger than the Canon APS-C sensors

Nikon: 23.6 x 15.8 mm or 1.5x

Canon: 22.3 x 14.9 mm or 1.6x

What may be more important is the sensor performance.

http://www.dxomark.com/...nd2)/Canon

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Guest

Nikon's cropped cameras are all 1.5x Their professional cameras are all full frame. Nikon's cropped cameras are generally referred to as APS.

Canon's entry level and amateur cameras are a slightly smaller 1.6x, and generally referred to as APS-C. However some of their professional cameras are 1.29x rather than full frame (Canon 1D Mk IV, 1D Mk III). These are called APS-H.

So yes, in the scheme of things, Nikon's entry level and amataur cameras have slightly larger sensors. For professional cameras, a Canon may or may not be a full frame camera, but all Nikons are full frame.

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Guest

Nikon has a 1.5x crop factor. Canon has a 1.6x crop factor.

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Guest

Canon: 1.6x, 1.3x, and 1.0x
Nikon, Sony, Pentax: 1.5x for crop bodies, 1.0x for full frame (currently Nikon only, Sony doesn't make their excellent A900 any more).
Sigma: 1.7x
Olympus: 2.0x

In the grand scheme of things, it makes no real difference between 1.5 and 1.6x crop.