Jingle bells!

With thanks to Masaki Akamatsu and the crew at Canon’s InterBEE exhibit, here are framegrabs of their live demo comparing Full Frame and Super35.

Full Frame

Super35

• Two cameras were set up at the same distance from a reindeer doll.
• The Canon C700 FF (Full Frame) had a 50mm lens at T1.5.
• The Canon C700 (Super35) had a 35mm lens at T1.5.
• The field of view of the foreground reindeer is the same.
• (Note: The perspective of the background to the left and right of the reindeer is slightly different because the cameras were side by side.)

What do we notice?

• Bigger bokehs in Full Frame.
• Background appears closer to the subject in Full Frame.
• This is a good example of what Dan Sasaki calls a more natural perspective in his Panavision lectures.
• Shallower depth of field at the same T stop.

Technical notes:

Canon EOS C700 FF camera has a 38.1 x 20.1 mm (43.1 mm diag.) Full Frame, 18.69 megapixel (5952 x 3140) sensor. Photosite size is 6.4 x 6.4 μm.

Canon EOS C700 S35 camera has a 28.9 x 15.2 mm (32.6 mm diag.) Super35, 11.54 megapixel (4622 x 2496) sensor. Photosite size is also 6.4 x 6.4 μm.

Here are additional notes from Canon:

EOS C700FF with CN-E50mm
Camera : EOS C700 FF
Lens : CN-E50 T1.3 L F
Display : DP-V1711
Sensor mode : Full frame
ISO : 800
Frame rate : 59.94P
Gamma (Shooting) : Canon Log 2
Color space : BT.2020
White balance : 5600 K
Shutter angle: 180.00
F Number : F1.8

EOS C700 with CN-E35mm
Camera : EOS C700
Lens : CN-E35 T1.5 L F
Display : DP-V1711
Sensor mode : Super 35mm
ISO : 800
Frame rate : 59.94P
Gamma (Shooting) : Canon Log 2
Color space : BT.2020
White balance : 5600 K
Shutter angle : 180.00
F Number : F1.8