[Geoff Addis] "To me, the advantage of reduced DOF due to the 1/2", as oposed to 1/3", CCDs is a very welcome step"
Just keep in mind that the DoF is still going to be
quite deep with this camera. A 1/3" sensor will give a deep DoF approximately the same as 8mm film. A 2/3" sensor will have a DoF more like 16mm film (which is still extremely deep, compared to 35mm with a negative five times bigger). The 1/2" sensor will fall pretty much in between.
The camera really seems to have a
lot going for it, but if you have expectations of very shallow 35mm-like depths-of-field, unfortunately that is not going to be one of its benefits. Even 2/3" cameras have very deep "videoy" DoFs. There may indeed be many good reasons to buy the EX, but I wouldn't let the hopes of a much-shallower DoF be a swaying factor or even any real argument. The difference is going to be so negligible that I doubt hardly anyone could tell the difference in the DoF of the EX and any smaller 1/3" camera.
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Todd Terry
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