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What’s more, the only thing that sets one camera above another is …timing.
Within 6 months of a new, industry leading innovation, the other brands catch up. The only thing I have yet to see is anyone catch up Fuji who have by far and away the lightest combination of cameras AND importantly lenses that are idea for general walk around photography.
During my journey I have come to the conclusion that when the light is good an FX crop will match and possibly* beat a DX straight image. (When cropped to same field of view).
* megapixels and make dependant
If the light levels are low, requiring higher ISO, it’s my observation that cropping an FX image draws more attention to the correspondingly enlarged noise. Though the subject may be sharper, so is the noise.
I would therefore conclude that filling the frame with the longest glass, (incl a 1.4x teleconverter) and taking the DX 1.5x advantage is by far the best option for birding. Looking at Jeff’s superb wildlife images I also acknowledge that the Olympus 4/3 sensor and its 2x magnification also delivers.
I am not a fan of post capture processing (years of HAVING to do it). Being able to fill the frame and not apply noise reduction would always be my choice. Anything I can do to minimise computer work is my mantra.
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