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 p.11 #8 · New Olympus OM-D announced | |
alundeb and Jman13, I have been reading through the last several pages getting a nice lesson in engineering and physics  My Pop was an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Skunk Works and while I'd like to think I got some of his genetics when it comes to engineering I still get lost at times. Both of you have been very patient trying to explain the differences between the sensors and while at times I was confused as well, I think I understand now, so thank you for sticking with it and being polite about it. I also think you guys understand the differences between how an engineers brain functions vs. how an artists brain functions, they could be considered at opposite poles  Being an engineer and an artist I think definitely helps, and I wish I could have had you guys as teachers for some of my classes when I was younger because most (teacher's/professors that is) do not have the patience to explain concepts in a way that some of their students can understand (part of my issues with public and university teaching institutions is that they tend to "teach" to a specific learning style, and if you don't fall into that learning style, well then you tend to "fall out" which is really sad because there are some brilliant minds out there who haven't been given the opportunity because they don't fit into the norm... wait, I think I just described an "artist", haha).
Anyway, given a mFT (is it mFT, uFT, MFT, etc.?) lens at a given f-stop and focal length, I think the confusion comes from the equivalency rating that is given to the lens in FF/35mm terminology, so one would say "my Olympus 75mm f/1.8 is the equivalent of a 150mm lens on a FF body"; we seem to equate everything to 35mm because that has been the standard for years and years, the funny thing is, I rarely hear a medium format shooter change their focal length to match that of 35mm  I have known that the DOF was affected by the focal length, the aperture and the size of the sensor. Maybe I never understood fully "why" (but I have a lot better idea now ) but I've understood this for years, so when I say that I'm excited about the 75mm f/1.8 because one of my favorite portrait lenses was the Canon 135mm f/2 L, I know that it won't be the same, the DOF will be different, but something else that is as important and probably moreso than DOF is the OOF areas we like to call bokeh. The bokeh on the Canon was superb, the bokeh on the Oly 45mm f/1.8 I have also found to be very pleasing and I am hoping we'll see the same with the new 75mm coming out. So, I now understand better that the 75mm f/1.8 Olympus will "not" be equivalent to the Canon 135 f/2 L; however, I am hoping for a similar "type" of image that I used to experience, this is certainly the case with the 45mm f/1.8 compared to the 85mm f/1.8's in FF... are they the same, no, but I like the "look" that both give me and I have found the 45 to be very comparable in the shots I'm taking with it. Perspective, framing, DOF, angle of light, quality of light, all these things and so much more are used to make fantastic images, what I like is that we now have choices from the traditional 35mm/FF format that no longer have "much" compromise, and I realize this can all be argued 'til we're blue in the face, but having been a 35mm film and now FF digital shooter for years, I can honestly say I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of images from the MFT lineup and I am very excited to get my hands on the E-M5
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