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It's a cinematic look. But then 14mm on Super35 is a popular combo in cinema.
Portraits shot wide open on a 105mm 1.4, 85mm 1.4 or 135mm 1.8. YAWN.
I keep seeing portraits where the ears and nose are blurred enough that it actually makes them look larger and distorted. If they'd just stopped down to f/2.8 or f/4 it would look much more natural.
Fun fact - I've never been asked to blur the background more, but I have had one person ask if I could remove the "blur filter" so the photo as a whole was sharper. Funny world!
Dilemma - return it to mpb (can I even do that?) And pit the money towards a micro 4/3 system (Have been thinking about switching for a while), OR suck it up and embrace the heft in the knowledge I will get decent images of my trip of a lifetime.
MPB have 14 day no quibble returns
What is your budget? If size is a real concern, I truly wonder whether you could swap your kit for a fuji xe-2 or xe-3 and the excellent fuji 18-55. Sony a6300 are great too, but lacking in small, good quality zooms.
Fuji are APS-C no?
They are, but you have stumbled on what I believe is the failing of Canon and nikon - the full frame experience.
In short, Canon and nikon didn't put tons of effort into decent lenses across a range of sizes. There were small, quite low quality kit lenses and some larger full frame equivalents.
Fuji are committed to the smaller sensor, so you have choice - tiny, decent quality variable aperture lenses, mid range, good quality lenses a bit above the competition and the larger full frame equivalents that are aimed at serious photographers. The fuji 18-55 kit lens gives you the 18-55 range but the variable aperture is a full stop faster than offerings from Canon and nikon, and the optics are very good - so it's f/2.8 - f/4. It's not a huge lens, bit bigger than a cheaper Canon kit lens but smaller than the quite large f/2.8 lenses, focuses fast and gives great images.
The older gen of cameras (xt1, xe2) and the newer xt20 offer phenomenal value. You should be able to get an xe2 or xt1 plus that kit lens for about £500 ish, and they are great cameras. The next gen (xt20, xt2, xe3) give better focusing, more pixels but not a whole lot else - definitely refinement rather than remaining the wheel.
However, it won't be as small as m43 and I'd recommend try before you but to make sure it's a good fit. You'll be surprised at how good that little fuji lens is though. Alternatively, I really still love the Panasonic gx85 and the absolutely diddy kit lens. Not fast, not amazing quality but tiny and still takes great shots.
Are you near Cambridge? Happy to let you try out my xt2. I don't have a zoom, just the 23mm 1.4 and 50mm f/2, but it'll give you a feel for size (bearing in mind the xt2 is larger than other models, it's still less intimidating than even a tiny plastic SLR, maybe due to styling).
John Lewis always has some micro 43 cameras out to try.
What's the xt1 like? Seems ok spec wise
That with the 18-55 should make an awesome walkabout combination. I use the 18-135, 10-24 or 35 f1.4 depending on what I'm doing but can shoot all day with any one of those. I'm 100% sure the 18-55 is just as good and smaller than the other zooms too. Fuji literally doesn't make a single bad lens.
FWIW I started with an Olympus M4/3, then went Canon 650D for better quality, then moved to Fuji after getting annoyed carrying a bulky DSLR around everywhere. I did all that within the space of 3 or 4 years, and have now had the XT1 for 4 years and not even considering anything else since, except now maybe an XT3 purely for better high-ISO performance and general speed.
The 18-55 looks very decent for a kit lens. That combination will set me back 600+ quid used by the looks of it
Might be worth getting your hands on an XE2/2s/3 if you can, just for comparison's sake but the XT1+kit is definitely what I'd buy for that budget.
I've also just remembered the EVF! It's amazing, and way better than the X-E version Buy the XT1!
The XT10 loses the ISO dial (not a huge issue - it's set & forget for most applications) and has a smaller EVF, and no weather sealing. But it's also smaller and lighter and cheaper, so most likely will be all the camera you need.