full frame

Full frame gives the widest field of view for a given lens, generally the best high-ISO performance and the shallowest depth of field at a given aperture and framing. For aviation that means better night and dusk work, at the price of needing longer, heavier and more expensive glass to reach the same subject.

Nearby in Photography

• f-stop — The aperture expressed as the ratio of focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil.
• focal length — The optical property, in millimetres, that determines a lens's angle of view and magnification.
• golden hour — The period after sunrise and before sunset when low sun gives warm, soft, strongly directional light.
• heat haze — The shimmering distortion caused by light passing through air of varying temperature.