INTERACTIVE TOOL

Crop Factor

Same lens, different sensor. With the same optic, a smaller sensor captures only the centre of what full frame sees — the frame narrows. Switch sensors and watch how the same scene gets cropped.

City skyline — crop comparison

Sensor
Lens 24mm

Zoom the lens in — the photo gets closer but the boxes stay put. Cropping depends on the sensor, not the lens.

Engine: real optics · crop = diagonal ratio, boxes at true aspect · photo: Unsplash