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I did read your previous post on lens speed, but one thing that wasn't pointed out is that an f/2.8 lens on a 4/3 sensor will have a very different bokeh at that aperture than an f/2.8 lens on APS-C or full-frame camera (film or digital).
The DOF gets increasingly narrower with a larger sensor, so I suspect that f/2.8 on M4/3 is actually closer to f/4 or f/5.6 on my Canon 5D. Yes, you can still throw the background out of focus but you have to be close to the subject or using a long lens, or both.
As someone who shoots a lot of portraits, that aspect of a fast lens (the narrower DOF) is as or more important to me than the amount of light it lets in.
Three Cheers for Olympus
I don't usually like to proclaim opinions about things before I know quite what I'm talking about. Not because my opinion is so valuable, but because it isn't. However, I feel a somewhat closer connection to the new E-P1 than I do to most cameras because of the fact that I've been periodically ...
I love everything about it... except the glass. Where's the 20-25/1.4-1.7? Where's the 40-50/1.8-2.0? Without fast primes like that I have no interest.
The Olympus E-P1, Briefly Held
By Eamon Hickey First, a tiny bit of background: Like many, many others (notably, the publisher of this very website), I've been pining away for a small but serious digital camera for a decade or so now. (Yeah, a decade. Shame, shame on you, camera companies.) By "small but serious," I meant ...
So far I'm impressed with the form factor and concept, but underwhelmed by the lens selection - at least initially.
IMHO the "revolution" Olympus is predicting this camera will start won't happen until they can make fast primes that rival what's available for DSLRs.
I for one won't buy one until they have a 25/1.4 and 45-50/1.8. If I have to make significant sacrifices in terms of IQ, low light and DOF capability, and focal length selection in order to own one of these M4/3 cameras, I won't buy one.
Hopefully in a couple of years the 2nd or 3rd generation M4/3 models will be out along with some fast primes. Then they will be truly revolutionary.
Olympus 'Digital Pen' Leaked
The web is awash this morning in Olympus Micro 4/3 leakage...check out this page at Xitek.com for a summary. There is surely much unhappiness at Olympus over this, but hey, once it's out there, it's out there.... Mike (Thanks to many tipsters) Send this post to a friend ADDENDUM: Optical vi...
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