Originally posted by pathdoc This is an interesting statement:
Quote: "The APS-C setting records only the image captured within the APS-C image circle where the resolution is higher than peripheral areas."
I feel something is being lost in translation here, but could it possibly mean that the pixel density is not uniform across the sensor???? OR are they referring to the fact that the best parts of an FA lens are in the centre? Time will tell.
Quote: The AUTO setting automatically selects the appropriate image size for the lens mounted on the camera. It selects either a 35mm full-frame image size for D FA- and FA-series lenses, or an APS-C image size for DA- and DA L-series lenses.
This is very informative. Basically, it seems anything prior to an FA series lens will require you to set FF mode manually (important if you were in crop mode previously).
The best part of all, of course, is that they have confirmed the existence of full-time manual override, and the nature and number of crop modes (i.e. one). Now all that remains is to see how they have managed what we see in the viewfinder.
Maybe they've updated the page since, but it says there is a cropping frame in the viewfinder:
Quote: The APS-C setting captures all images in an APS-C image size, regardless of the lens**, while displaying a cropping frame in the camera’s viewfinder.
Maybe the first statement quoted is about any FF lens -- if the crop mode were used with a FF lens, the highest resolution area
of the lens would be captured. Anyway, it seems the text may be different now... or I'm looking at a different source?