Everything you need to know about your camera's sensor size explained

Tim takes an in-depth look into camera sensor size and why you should care about it. He examines how different sensor sizes can affect your photography through depth-of-field, dynamic range, low light performance and effective focal length.

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[mikekoenig]

Thanks Bill Nye the photo guy. Nicely done.

[jocliedianlilihata]

Best explanation I've ever heard about camera sensor. Two thumbs up for you.👍👍

[ronbandes]

I've seen good explanations elsewhere on the effect of sensor size on noise, but this video has the best illustration of the effect on dynamic range. Other videos say the small sensor collects less total light, but your clearer explanation says that the smaller sensor collects less light per pixel, requiring more amplification, and amplification amplifies noise as well as signal. Your video could have used a bit more elaboration on why collecting less light per pixel results in less dynamic range, but your demonstration was excellent.

[basiclick]

there are great tutorials..and there are the great ones, nowdays photographers/videographers are pushing the boundaries in style in wich knowledge is passed..i knew this day will come, but man..you are the first one to make me coment about it..bravo!

[manips]

Big thumbs up for practically explaining the difference!

[tonytfuntek]

Excellent explanation....you are dead on. I shoot with both a M43 and a full frame and you can't beat the weight and size of a M43. When it comes to the quality of the image (Dynamic Range, Noise etc. ) the full frame is a clear winner. But keep in mind, the camera doesn't take pictures....people do.

[YatrikShahisAwesome]

Superb video, thank you so much for laying this out in an easy to understand way. The various illustrations and analogies were brilliant!

[bobbsingh]

Very informative and knowledgeable, thanks

[tomgreen]

Great video... explains the arguments crop v full frame very well. Thx

[Nickgowans]

Watched this video two weeks after buying my first "proper" camera (DSC-H400) which while it's a really good camera compared to what I'm used to, now I understand why it was so cheap.

[coderedddmusicboxxx]

Wow! This is a very creative way to explain the differences! Thanks for creating this vid!

[Heartsandpearls]

Great way of explaining, thank you :)

[hofi]

Best explanation that i have ever seen

[rectify]

How many brothers do you have?
Fantastic explanation!

[mrleon]

great video. I've got a lumix g7 and felt inferior to full frame dslr users but this clears up the debate. I know to be careful of low light now. I'd look forward to the next video explaining about the resolution differences when it comes to printing sizes vs distortion and clarity when looking at micro4/3 dslm vs full frame dslr

keep up the great work.

[RAMESHKUMAR-yggx]

what a fantastic explaination...!!!! really you have done a great job brother... basically I need a logical explanation to understand things.. that u did exactly... especially that small bottle of water for light observed.. thanks a lot bro... untill today I was thinking that higher pixel resolution gives good quality images.. but now I understand it is proportionate with the size of the sensor... I like your teaching...

[kikobohol]

very nice video with lots of effective illustrations for better understanding.

[digitalanaloguehamradio]

Does this apply to video as well thank you for the info

[aux_anges]

What an excellent explanation. Great job.

[alexstevensen]

What I want to know is, instead of a RGGB pattern on the bayer filter why don't they use a neutral/yellow/cyan pattern. So Neutral (no filtering), -R (cyan) and -B (yellow). RGGB yields 4 units of light whilst a YNNC pattern would yield 2+3+3+2=10 units of light. You would get the same colour information although maybe chroma noise might increase a little bit (I guess).