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stormy_weather
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There is no point in comparing lenses at other than equivalent apertures. As there is no mFT lens with an equivalent aperture to the 1.4 of the Canon 24mm, there is no point in comparing anything.
The Canon may be good or not, at 1.4 it is the best out there, and nobody knows if an equivalent Panasonic or whatever lens would be better or worse.
A second point: downsizing an image (as you have done with the Canon image) usually also lets the image appear less sharp (which cou can counteract with some added sharpening). So the fact that the Canon image appears less sharp initially, does not say much.
Lastly, you need to keep in mind that all DOF calculations depend on assumed circles of confusion and viewing distances. They are certainly not meant for 100% views on computer screens, iow, if something does not seem perfectly sharp on a cropped view on a screen, it might still be perfectly inside the depth of field.
So, as much as I love testing (and I also own a 5DII...), this will not get further as to the conclusion that under favourable lighting conditions and if not more than 12 Megapixels are needed, mFT does a perfectly good job at 1/3 of the weight.
Sorry if I have been beating dead horses :deadhorse: (this is wonderfull!)
Regards,
Sven
The Canon may be good or not, at 1.4 it is the best out there, and nobody knows if an equivalent Panasonic or whatever lens would be better or worse.
A second point: downsizing an image (as you have done with the Canon image) usually also lets the image appear less sharp (which cou can counteract with some added sharpening). So the fact that the Canon image appears less sharp initially, does not say much.
Lastly, you need to keep in mind that all DOF calculations depend on assumed circles of confusion and viewing distances. They are certainly not meant for 100% views on computer screens, iow, if something does not seem perfectly sharp on a cropped view on a screen, it might still be perfectly inside the depth of field.
So, as much as I love testing (and I also own a 5DII...), this will not get further as to the conclusion that under favourable lighting conditions and if not more than 12 Megapixels are needed, mFT does a perfectly good job at 1/3 of the weight.
Sorry if I have been beating dead horses :deadhorse: (this is wonderfull!)
Regards,
Sven