Field of View

This handy Crop Factor Calculator shows how your lens will look on different size sensors

Jun 1, 2020 by John Aldred 1 Comment

Crop factors caused by different sizes of sensors in different cameras still confuses a lot of people. Mostly because there’s so much bad information out there and a lot of the explanations about how sensor size affects your image either try to simplify things too much or they get overly confusing, making the situation worse.

Well, filmmaker Daniel Scott Murphy is trying to help you understand them with his new crop factor calculator. There are a few of these out there already, but this one actually offers a visual indication of the crop, simulating the results with a real image. It can even take speed booster lens adapters into account.

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11 simple DIY tricks to improve your photography or video work

Nov 5, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

It often takes only a bit of creativity and some household items to make something awesome for your photo or video work. After all, that’s what probably brought you to this blog in the first place, right? In this video, Kyle and Jamie of Field of View and Michael Lohrum of DIYCameraGuy team up to bring you 11 simple DIY tricks you can do to improve your photos and videos.

You already have most of these items and home, and if you don’t: they’re cheap and easy to find. So, it’s practically effortless to pull these tricks off, yet you can achieve some pretty creative effects. Take a look.

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Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

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