https://tahirhashmi.com/tags/telephoto/Recent content in Telephoto on Tahir HashmiHugoen-GBmail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:13:16 +0700https://tahirhashmi.com/posts/2016/08/21/factoring-the-crop/Sun, 21 Aug 2016 04:57:18 +0000mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi)https://tahirhashmi.com/posts/2016/08/21/factoring-the-crop/<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/code_martial/28834996980/" title="Factoring the Crop (See Description)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" > <figure> <img $destination src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8250/28834996980_9d8000875b_b.jpg" alt="Factoring the Crop (See Description)" style="aspect-ratio: 1.499267935578331; width: 100%; max-width:1024px;"> </figure> </a></p> <p>Here’s a picture whose EXIF I have stripped so you won’t know what equipment was used to shoot it.</p> <p>If you had to guess the sensor size, considering that this is a minimally edited photo, what would be your guess? FX? DX? m43? 1″? 1/1.7″? 1/2.3″?</p> <p>Small sensor systems are all the rage these days. 24-1200mm zoom in a handy little package. How about that? The problem is, tiny sensors come with compromises. You have to bear with the compromises in <a href="https://tahirhashmi.com/posts/2013/11/08/sensor-format-blind-test-results" >every situation</a>. How would it be, if you could deal with the compromises only when you needed to?</p>