06-30-2011, 03:42 PM
[quote name='Martin_MM' timestamp='1309447771' post='9639']
I´m not getting overexcited. Sure, it is big step ahead that finally there are high-quality fast primes with a really portable body capable of producing high-quality images with relatively affordable price on the market. Unfortunately, that´s still only micro 4/3 system so:
1) 12mm/f2 still gives ridiculously deep depth of field, roughly equivalent to 24mm/f4 lens on Full Frame Cam. So in other words, FF cam with 24/f1.4 lens is absolutely in diferent league in this regard.
2)45/f1.8 = 90mm/f3.5 on full frame. Hmm, that is "better than a spit into an eye" (as the phrase has it) but still: Far, far behind my 85mm/f1.4 on D700.
I´m just eagerly waiting for somebody to put the full frame sensor into a relatively light (of course it will always be bigger than m4/3) body and offer some fast primes with that. Currently only the overpriced M9 does that... Maybe Fuji with X200 model is a possibility in the future...? ;-)
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I'm not sure about the point of your arguments. You are comparing a MFT to a FF DSLR which is 3x as heavy. The essence of MFT is not shallow DOF nor will this ever happen. A high quality 24/4 is pretty neat though - in fact you even haven't anything "faster" on APS-C DSLRs. A 90/3.5 is just fine for basic portraits. The Voigtlander 90/3.5 is also available on FF and the mainstream is f/2.8 - which is not much faster either.
I´m not getting overexcited. Sure, it is big step ahead that finally there are high-quality fast primes with a really portable body capable of producing high-quality images with relatively affordable price on the market. Unfortunately, that´s still only micro 4/3 system so:
1) 12mm/f2 still gives ridiculously deep depth of field, roughly equivalent to 24mm/f4 lens on Full Frame Cam. So in other words, FF cam with 24/f1.4 lens is absolutely in diferent league in this regard.
2)45/f1.8 = 90mm/f3.5 on full frame. Hmm, that is "better than a spit into an eye" (as the phrase has it) but still: Far, far behind my 85mm/f1.4 on D700.
I´m just eagerly waiting for somebody to put the full frame sensor into a relatively light (of course it will always be bigger than m4/3) body and offer some fast primes with that. Currently only the overpriced M9 does that... Maybe Fuji with X200 model is a possibility in the future...? ;-)
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I'm not sure about the point of your arguments. You are comparing a MFT to a FF DSLR which is 3x as heavy. The essence of MFT is not shallow DOF nor will this ever happen. A high quality 24/4 is pretty neat though - in fact you even haven't anything "faster" on APS-C DSLRs. A 90/3.5 is just fine for basic portraits. The Voigtlander 90/3.5 is also available on FF and the mainstream is f/2.8 - which is not much faster either.