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title: "What is the crop factor in camera?"  
description: "What is the crop factor in camera?"  
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published: 2022-05-11  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "cameras"]  
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# What is the crop factor in camera?

What is the [crop](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33806/how-to-crop-and-save-image-using-jcrop-js-in-asp-dot-net) factor in [camera](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1996/while-using-third-party-apps-iphone-14-pro-users-reported-for-camera-shakiness-and-some-noise)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- The **crop factor**, format factor, or focal length multiplier of an image sensor format in digital photography is the ratio of the size of a camera's imaging area compared to a reference format; this term is most typically applied to digital cameras, with 35 mm film format as a reference. A digital sensor would be the imaging device in the case of digital cameras.
- When comparing the field of view and image quality of different cameras with the same lens, the crop factor is sometimes utilised. Because multiplying a lens focal length by the crop factor yields the focal length of a lens that would offer the same field of view if employed on the reference format, the crop factor is also known as the focal length multiplier ('FLM').

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