Which mirrorless camera /lens for good DOF control and bokeh?
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Which mirrorless camera /lens for good DOF control and bokeh?
6 months ago
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I'd like to buy my first proper camera and I'd appreciate your help. I really want to do some photography that's good for both preserving memories and being creative. In particular I, like many people here, really want to work with narrow depth of field and ideally nice bokeh.
Most of the photos I want to take can be done very well with an iPhone or the very old Olympus PAS we have (which still takes fantastic pictures). But narrow depth of field escapes my current cameras and I have a yearning to do something different.
I want to shoot the kids and family members, landscape (I hike a lot), maybe some night club shots, street scenes and architecture. I won't be printing much other than the occasional photobook, most pictures will be viewed on screen, or maybe on a photo frame.
I therefore have in mind using a mirrorless camera for portability. But if I really need to go for a more lightweight entry level DSLR to achieve good bokeh then tell me :).
My experience with "proper" digital cameras is very limited. I've never used a DSLR. I have spent a few hours playing with my brother inlaw's Panasonic G2 with the kit zoom lens. This was good but the minimum aperture wasn't enough to get me narrow DoF.
Based on this experience, my preferences are as follows, though pretty much everything is negotiable and I am open to advice. - Available fairly cheaply second hand
- Easy access to manual controls - preferably with plenty of physical controls so I don't need too much menu navigation
Small and portable - including lensesAccess to good system of older lenses (but must be low cost)Reasonably quick auto focusA viewfinder would be niceNot too loud a shutter!
So I am thinking about something like a second hand G2 or olympus Ep2, with the Panasonic f1.4 20 mm lens. For a £400-ish outlay this would give me a fairly capable camera with a fast lens and - I hope - good bokeh. plus I'd pick up a cheap secondhand manual Prime at around 80mm later, maybe an SLRmagic one. I suppose the trade off between g2 and ep2 is viewfinder and controls versus size, jpeg quality and in-body stabilisation.
A Sony nex5n might be ok but would the larger sensor mean the lenses I need would be too big? Or is an APSC sensor going to be better than m43 for what I want to do?
all thoughts and suggestions will be gratefully received!
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