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APS-C Bokeh vs M43 Bokeh?

Started Aug 8, 2015 | Questions thread
RobbieBear Senior Member • Posts: 2,356
Re: APS-C Bokeh vs M43 Bokeh?
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fannta_79 wrote:

Dear Dillon,

probably by this time you already have made your own experiences regarding your question.

As I just got my first MFT gear have done a very rudimentary test at a friend with an APS-C sensor cam and a MFT cam with the very same lens. Distance and aperture and center subject were the same, please disregard ISO and WB as this is about DOF.

Here are two crops of the two photos OOO, cropped and resized (FYI- the original crops have almost the same resolution) for the web, as it was handheld -from the very same distance-. The photos have been cropped two show identical content.

I am not going to disclose now which is which, for me they look pretty close what do you think?

Let me know.

The thing is:  Like FF or APS-C, the bokeh achieved with micro four thirds cameras depends on the lens used.

Some MFT lenses have excellent bokeh, whereas others (even well regarded lenses) don't.

Having said that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder: many folks will only put up with buttery smooth bokeh whereas others are quite happy with noisy/swirly bokeh.

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