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[quote author=Andrew Reid - EOSHD link=topic=545.msg3571#msg3571 date=1333920732] Since the sensor is larger, you can use a longer focal length but maintain a wider field of view, especially with an anamorphic. So 50mm is as wide as a 25mm on the GH2. Now that means you see more of the rendering of the image in the circle of light projected by the lens into the sensor, and a shallower DOF partly due to the longer focal length. It is a unique look. [/quote] Thanks Andrew. So the 'magic' you are referring to is the fact that we get the shallower DOF at the relatively wider angle? If so, with a crop sensor, can we not equal this 'magic' with faster lenses such as Voigt .95 on gh2? (putting aside anamorphic effects for the moment)

Thank you for the brilliant site Andrew and the regular news and updates that keep it fresh. I wonder if you would mind elaborating on your comment.. "But there is a magic to full frame, as there was with the old Mark II. It is all in the rendering of the lenses". I find no-one being able to pin this down properly. Apart from the crop factor's effect on focal length, how is the same lens 'rendering' differently on a full-frame to give it 'magic' rather than if it is on a crop sensor body? Anyone's thoughts on this encouraged as I find discussions on this always tend to blur into vagaries.