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Micro Four Thirds meets Bokeh
What is the secret to getting maximum bokeh out of the Micro Four Thirds format? or any other MFT camera? Lets step deep into the beauty of bokeh and look at just how much of a full-frame look you can squeeze out of smaller sensors.






I’ve spent a lot of time in recent years shooting with the LUMIX G9, GH6 and now the G9 Mark II. And I am someone who really really likes to shoot wide open for creative effect – I love my bokeh. The biggest limitation of cameras with smaller sensors is they deliver more “depth of field” than is ideal at times. This problem is compounded by cheaper lenses that aren’t “fast lenses” anyway.

The question I’m exploring in this video is whether you really can capture images with rich bokeh and shallow depth of field that compare against full frame cameras with very expensive lenses? And we’re going to do that while exploring the temples of Laos, the mountains of the Himalayas, an island in the Pacific plus a little of the Australian Outback.



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