Hussein El-Edroos wrote: If I were to go for a DSLR, would a full format camera be better than a half-format camera. Could you get a full format camera be under $1,000?
Henry Peach wrote: There are a lot of differences between the AE-1 and a DSLR. You would find less differences between an electronic, AF Canon of the 1990s and a DSLR. Exposure is the same. Digital, particularly if shooting jpeg, is not as forgiving as print film, but more so than slide film. As others have said the main difference is probably the format change.
Hussein El-Edroos wrote: If I were to go for a DSLR, would a full format camera be better than a half-format camera. Could you get a full format camera be under $1,000?
Used Canon 5D's are just starting to get down to $1000ish (body only) from the major used camera sellers . That means you probably can find one under $1000 from an owner who is selling their own camera.
Whether it would be better or not really depends on you. There is no doubt that the 5D is a wonderful camera, but so are many of the APS-C DSLRs. I think most of the debate on the internet about APS-C or 35mm is driven by the blind determination that bigger is better. I think most folks would be better served worrying about what features the various models offer them rather than format size.
I shoot with 35mm DSLRs, but if it were a choice between an APS-C DSLR and an expensive, fast lens vs a 35mm DSLR and a cheaper, slower lens I would go with the fast lens. That's a more important consideration for me. I've got large prints from APS-C DSLRs hanging right next to large prints from 35mm DSLRs, and people can't tell a difference. My experience has been that an 8mp APS-C, Nikon or Canon DSLR is easily capable of matching 35mm film image quality.
Stealthy Ninja wrote: True but it's not just about being able to tell the difference in prints. You know as well as I that the extra pixels give you about 1.5 stops more light using FF cams (assuming the same pixel density and sensor tech) also the fact that at a given MP amount the larger photosites allows for better noise control (meaning you can use higher iso). Plus there's the shallower DOF effect FF has over crop.
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