Originally posted by shakumar Just want to say that I agree with this observation also.
I shoot film regularly (not having a full-frame digital), I see the difference between APS and full-frame in the types of photos that I make.
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On the contrary, I think it's amazing what the marketers were able to convince us that sensor size makes no difference
I don't think it has anything to do with marketing. Folks have been able to buy full frame cameras since 2002. The issue up until recently has been that whatever wonderful benefits shooting with a larger sensor size provided, the cost was high enough that people didn't buy them en mass. When my brother and dad were looking for cameras, they ended buying a K5 and K30, both for 600-ish dollars. If I had suggested spending 1500 dollars on a camera body, whatever the perceived benefits of the larger sensor, they would have laughed at me. Most folks shooting as a hobby do not really see the benefits of a larger sensor size.
I haven't seen any advertising campaigns in recent years selling the fact that full frame makes no difference. In point of fact, Canon, Nikon and Sony have all been pushing their users to move up to full frame, precisely because they make more money on both the camera bodies and the higher end glass they sell to full frame users.