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Just wanted to quickly share some further explorations with the Sony A7III and Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art lens. As I explained in my previous post, I love the ability of a full-frame setup like this to isolate the subject from the background (and foreground, in some cases). The subject sometimes just seems to float over the background because of the strong but smooth sharpness fall-off. The samples below are from a recent trip to Zeeland, a beautiful coastal province in the Netherla

So Fujifilm decided not to develop the long expected 33mm F1 lens, which I wrote about in a previous post. Although I regret that decision, I definitely understand it. This lens was obviously going to be a big, heavy, and expensive behemoth. It would probably have put off many Fuji users, who primarily opted for the Fuji X system because of its compact size. Instead of the 33mm, Fuji is now developing a 50mm F1 lens, which is going to be around a third smaller and lighter. Ot

Once you have bought into a system, the grass tends to be greener on the other side of the fence. I have bought into the Fuji X system. Fuji X means APS-C sensor. APS-C sensor means less shallow depth of field (DOF) wide open than “full frame” (FF), given the same aperture, field of view (FOV), and composition. Less shallow DOF means less separation between subject and background and, as a result, less “3D pop” effect. I only noticed that I’m a sucker for this pop effect afte