If foot zoom is "NOT" an option and you are stuck right where you stand, ever wonder how a cropped FF or 1.26X camera's picture relates from the standpoint of MP to a 1.6X sized sensor given only one lens to use on either camera? In other words, if you cropped the FF or 1.26X picture to the same FOV of a 1.6X sensor, are you ahead or behind from the standpoint of resolution? The table above covers the cropping situations for (1) FF down to 1.26X, (2) FF down to 1.6X, and (3) 1.26X down to 1.6X.

Unlike other pictures at this site, both of the two "picture charts" below may be downloaded and used freely by all visitors. There is more "background" information available on the Canon only chart and I suggest you start there and read the text. Please get in touch with me if you think there is an error on my part, thanks.

Also included are MTF curves for four Canon lenses with additional "red lines" at distances associated with with the physical boundaries of 1.26X and 1.6X FOV sensors.