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Not a flame war. A legitimate lens comparison

Started Jul 21, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP golfhov Forum Pro • Posts: 11,893
Re: How's that "Not a flame war" thing working out for you . . .

400trix wrote:

golfhov wrote:

Glen Barrington wrote:

I think you got what you wanted.

Yes and no. I wanted to be sure I was right about one simple thing. Lenses and lenses only. Equivelant lenses. I did get the nice point that m43 and apsc both open up smaller less expensive lenses as long as someone is willong to forgo equivelant depth of feild. Instead opened up an ever persistent flame war.

Sigh

Keep in mind that "equivalent DoF" is mostly a canard.

So you are saying a 1.8 on full frame will have the same depth of feild when framing a subject as a m 4/3 lens.......technically the lens does have the same depth of feild but you have to get further away from the subject to fill the frame. Therefor changing the appearance of depth of feild

If you go look at museum photo collections you will find very few photos which rely on thin DoF to achieve their artistic aim.

I am not saying shallow depth of field is the only tool or even the most important. All other things being equal the more tools at your disposal the more you can create

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