If I have to chime in again... do many users of a given system agonize over what is available in the other systems and format sizes all the time? I'd rather think that people grab what they want and use the hell out of it instead of always saying "I could have had more/less DOF / {insert parameter 1} / {insert parameter 2} here"... If it really had been that way, the FF users would've all (well, mostly) gone nuts because there's Medium Format out there with even more capability.
I also find it grossly misleading that the forewords of many µ4/3 reviews are stating "limited depth of field potential" or even "limited CREATIVE potential" of the lenses. First off, it all depends on the choice of subject and subject / background / foreground relations within the frame. Second, it serves to scare the users (those less knowledgeable / less familiar with the atmosphere of many photographic forums) away from the system entirely.
You oughta stop comparing all the stuff - heck, even Klaus says (in every damn review to boot): Please note that the tests results are not comparable across the different test systems!
So the good sirs / ladies using µ4/3 have their fast lens for THEIR system, and they're using it as such. If they had been into the (niche) business of always eking out shots with the thinnest possible DOF (I think that it's a pretty rare necessity, at least for me), they would have either
a) just lived with the potential of the system - I do not find it that difficult to get a blurred background in most cases where I need it, YMMV; or
B) not gotten into it in the first place.
In the end, we're all dwelling on this too much.
So, where were we... the Panasonic 12mm f/1.4 lens! Any more thought?
I also find it grossly misleading that the forewords of many µ4/3 reviews are stating "limited depth of field potential" or even "limited CREATIVE potential" of the lenses. First off, it all depends on the choice of subject and subject / background / foreground relations within the frame. Second, it serves to scare the users (those less knowledgeable / less familiar with the atmosphere of many photographic forums) away from the system entirely.
You oughta stop comparing all the stuff - heck, even Klaus says (in every damn review to boot): Please note that the tests results are not comparable across the different test systems!
So the good sirs / ladies using µ4/3 have their fast lens for THEIR system, and they're using it as such. If they had been into the (niche) business of always eking out shots with the thinnest possible DOF (I think that it's a pretty rare necessity, at least for me), they would have either
a) just lived with the potential of the system - I do not find it that difficult to get a blurred background in most cases where I need it, YMMV; or
B) not gotten into it in the first place.
In the end, we're all dwelling on this too much.
So, where were we... the Panasonic 12mm f/1.4 lens! Any more thought?