Originally posted by Adam That said, I don't envision ever using crop mode unless for some reason I need the extra FPS.
Without the crop mode I would not own a K1. So far I have used it almost exclusively with my Bigma 50-500...and it is a FF lens. For my kind of shooting, which is mostly wildlife, it is wonderful. I've always been a rabid cropper and the K1 saves me time and makes composition much easier.
You can't imagine my delight when I found that nice crop frame light up in the viewfinder in bright red the first time I achieved focus....which by the way is fast and sure with the Bigma on the K1, unlike any other body I have ever owned.
For landscape, people and many other scenes I would prefer FF, but for what I do most currently, the crop mode is heaven!
I think every shot here is in crop mode...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129469263@N03/albums/72157668217340465
Less MP is also faster to process and uses less card space.........card space is not a problem, but my older computer is pretty slow with the huge FF files. I'm not printing much of anything and if I do it is 5x7, so the files are plenty large for that. Most of my shots are just for web posting, and downsized anyhow.....
Adam...be nice to the Crop Mode
.....it is wonderful for some of us....and squirrels love it!
Best Regards!