Super 35 vs Full Frame // Large Format Explained

On the heels of the latest batch of Large Format and Full-Frame Cinema Cameras to hit the market, our very own Josh Burrows lays out what you need to know about your switch from Super 35 to Full Frame cinematograpy.

In the video, he covers: Sensor Size, Lens Coverage, Angle of View vs. Focal Length, with some comparison shots that reflect how to control for depth of field and angle of view between one sensor and another.

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[BlaineWestropp]

At 8:07... Wouldn’t you have to close down the aperture of the 35mm on FF to match the DOF of the 24mm on S35?

[crazyleg]

Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else. It's always nice to find videos and information that help us solve problems.

[Indpendent]

This is harder for me to follow without diagrams, but the example helped a bit.

[CaravanMovies]

So which is better for professional video shoot like music videos short movies or documentaries ?

[ezymarquez]

watched the whole thing, what a beautiful explanation! thanks for the video

[jabbaweezy]

thank you for putting this together with test footage

[silas]

This is brilliant, extremely helpful.

[isadorabverissimo]

Thanks for the video!
One question though - Doesn't a f/2.8 give you a more shallow DoF than a f/4?
I thought to get the same DoF on a 35mm than that of a 24mm you would have to have it on something like a f/5.6... I'm confused.

[RebelfilmsTV]

Thanks for the time and all the explanation🙌
Now i want to film in a larger format camera🥲

[petero]

Thank you...super helpful. One of the best explanations on full-frame shooting.

[Coollok]

Glad to hear this all covered comprehensively - there's a lot of misinformation on this topic out there and this video cuts through a lot of that

[eltripproducciones]

I have a doubt. Birdman, For example was shot with a 18mm lens(zeiss master prime), but the camera was a Alexa M who has a super 35 sensor, so with the crop factor(1.5) it was shoting in 27mm?

[Post_Oak_]

What’s the cheapest cine lens I can get for a super 35 camera

[florineabrassart]

What’s the crop factor of the super 35 (vs full frame) ?

[benfergusonishere]

Thanks for the informative video Josh!

[vubaoanh]

so basically the same as APS-C vs Full Frame for camera right?

[alloneword]

What’s better for L series 24-70 mkiI?

[ManicMovesDrowsyDreams]

Just learned about this topic over the past few days. I'm surprised to find that (from what I can tell) Nikon and even Canon don't make many if any Super 35mm (which is cropped compared with full frame for anyone learning) consumer grade cameras for cinematic use. So I've got to look more into Sony-type crop sensor cameras since they're cheaper for the ssme purpose.

[KevinStCroix]

Depth of Field distance across these formats and their differences would have been helpful too, or maybe another video?!

[maconins]

Great content. However I feel I got snowblind