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Canon, where is your compact bokeh king?

Started 11 months ago | Discussions thread
Luis Gabriel Photography
Luis Gabriel Photography Senior Member • Posts: 2,607
Re: Canon, where is your compact bokeh king?
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Bas Hamstra wrote:

Which compact is the blur king? With F-stop equivalencies:

G1X - F3.6 to F7 - 120mm tele

G1X2 - F3.6 to F11 - 120mm tele

G5X2 - F5.4 to F8.4 - 120mm tele

G7X3 - F5.4 to F8.4 - 100mm tele

MFT12-40 F5.6 to F5.6 - 80mm tele

Actually I thought the G1X series would have a bigger advantage here, but as you can see below the G7X3 keeps up well with the best G1X up till 100mm. The G5x2 then has the same range as the G1X-2, so these are comparable.

So it seems the LX100 still is the clear winner and outperforms for example an Olympus EM1.2 with 12-40PRO lens (in terms of DOF control).

But what is the limit? How much lower can we theoretically go in the graph below, still in a compact body? Well, the A7C is a fairly compact full frame camera, say with a pancake 40/2.8 type of prime (a la the existing Canon 40/2.8) it would seem like a dream machine. But Sony doesn't have it. But maybe even a fixed, folding zoomlens (a la G1 design) would be an option? Have they really hit a brick wall yet? Or havent they been trying?

Kind regards,

Bas Hamstra

I dont have one but a ZV-1 with the "bokeh button" looks pretty good from the samples I have seen. Of course its still only 70mm and no EVF so it does not feed my needs as a travel camera but in terms of bokeh smoothness, it could be a good option if the rest of it fits your needs.

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