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There's Nothing Magical About Medium Format Depth Of Field

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Shallow depth-of-field is often cited as being a key part of the 'medium format look' but is that actually true? We compared a Fujifilm GFX and Sony a7R IV for a closer look at the effect of format size on depth-of-field to find out. Click here if you want to know why we're multiplying the f-number by the crop factor: https://www.dpreview.com/learn/2799100497/equivalence-in-a-nutshell Click here to find out what else medium format does (and doesn't) offer, over other formats: https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/2341704755/thinking-about-buying-medium-format-read-this-first 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - What affects depth of field? 1:04 - Equivalency 4:00 - Telephoto test 5:48 - Wide angle test 6:36 - Telephoto results 7:21 - Wide angle results 7:45 - The wrap Music provided by BeatSuite.com http://www.beatsuite.com Enormous thanks to our friends at The Camera Store for providing gear http://www.thecamerastore.com ----------------------- DPReview.com is the world's largest digital camera review website. Welcome to our YouTube channel! Subscribe for new feature videos, reviews, interviews and more. Discover the world's most in-depth digital camera reviews at http://www.dpreview.com

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