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Micro 4/3rds vs. Full Frame

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
oneofone25
oneofone25 Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Re: Micro 4/3rds vs. Full Frame
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Camrarat wrote:

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

In addition to what others have said, for the end user, M4/3 offers an additional advantage of saving bulk and weight. If you shoot a lot in the field, this might be important for you.

Full frame will likely always be a better light bucket system, so you have to weigh the tradeoffs. I believe you can get great results with both, tho I own neither lol. For now with my aging APSC system and a TG6 is adequate, tho I will probably upgrade soon to Olympus and get either the 60mm or the rumored 90mm..

I'd also argue that the Micro 4/3, specifically OM Systems seems to be putting more and more focus on the macro side of things with the 90mm PRO macro lens that's rumored.  In addition, systems like Nikon and Sony do not have focus bracketing set up for their systems, so there are limitations there for macro unless you do some sort of burst and hope that you have some images to stack.

What I would like to see in the future from OM Systems for macro would be:

Focus Bracket mode for High Resolution 50mp images - up to 99 images focus bracketed (not stacking)

Focus stacking internal for up to 25 images (currently 15)

MC-20 Teleconverter compatibility with the new OM Systems 90mm Pro macro lens (without need of a 16mm modified extension tube to couple them together)

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