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Just picked up a Sony A6000

Started Jul 4, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP BolleDuc Regular Member • Posts: 249
Re: Just picked up a Sony A6000

There seems nothing with your gear. And yes downsampling one photo but not the other is not an apples-to-apples comparison. I wouldn't worry so much about small differences in JPEG sharpness. If you are shooting a paid shoot use the best gear you have and use RAW and tweak it to your satisfaction. Else stop worrying so much that your kit lens might not be the best lens ever. Of course it's not; it's a compromise lens... that said it's capable of some really great photos anyway. https://www.flickr.com/groups/2122756@N21/pool/

And APS-C and MFT, even at relatively slow apertures, is capable of DOF effects if you are close enough to the subject. http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

I didn't downsample or change anything, they are both jpegs, straight from the camera. It's just that at 100% the APS-C sensor is 24MP, with slightly larger photosites, vs the 16MP of my E-PM2 & it is therefore "larger" on screen. So even though I'm not downsampling, is that a valid way to compare?

The links are very helpful, it certainly looks like the camera & lens is capable of some nice stuff & the DOF Master page explained just what I need to understand for that question. Thank you.

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