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Micro 4/3rds vs. Full Frame

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
BBbuilder467 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,057
Re: Micro 4/3rds vs. Full Frame
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photojoe55 wrote:

Am I correct that in Macro work, the main advantage of Full Frame is due to the sensor size, (1:1 = 1:1 and it is simply quite a bit larger) and a main advantage of a smaller sensor like micro 4/3rds is an increased Depth of Field? If that is correct, would an even smaller sensor like in the FZ300 produce an even greater Depth of Field? Thank you in advance, …Joe

I think the main difference between m4/3 and FF, aside from image size, is that at wide apertures, you get more dof, but as you stop down, the diffraction at f/11 is similar to f/22 with full frame, so it ends up basically the same.

Trying to get shallow dof with the m4/3 gives the impression it has more dof, but it's really the range is just narrower. My f/2.8 is f/5.6 in FF. I can't go wider like they can. If there is any real gain, it's shutter speed. I can manage faster shutter speeds at the wider apertures.

I think it's very comparable to landscape where you need narrow apertures, but also shutter speed to avoid camera shake hand-held. I take advantage of not stopping down as far.

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