APS-C sensor

Equipment

Sensor smaller than full frame, with a crop factor of 1.5 (Nikon/Sony/Fuji) or 1.6 (Canon).

The most common sensor in consumer cameras. Smaller and lighter than full frame, and cheaper. Crop factor is an advantage for wildlife (more reach) but a disadvantage for wide angle. Modern APS-C cameras (Fuji X-T5, Sony a6700) are excellent and are closing the gap with full frame.

Michiel's take

I think it’s nonsense to say that APS-C is inferior to Full Frame. It depends on the use case and honestly: I’ve never really suffered from using an APS-C sensor. One caveat: when shooting events in poor light, I sometimes run the photos through a program like Topaz Photo AI to clean up the edges of excessive noise.

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