Depth of Field is the depth of a scene that is "in focus" as perceived by the eye.
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How do I keep both the background and foreground in the image in focus at the same time?
How do you have both the background and foreground in the image in focus at the same time?
Last week I was attempting a shot where I had the back of a hat in focus and in the distance you could see a ...
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How can I get more of this macro photo in focus?
I want to make a full focus on the body, for example:
I need to have a clear focus on the each balls in the photo. I used just single point focus.
In this picture I used:
shutter speed: 8
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Should the depth of field in the viewfinder be the same as the final images with the aperture set to wide open?
When I take pictures of flowers, I often try to get the classic soft background around the in focus flower.
I have a canon t3i, and a lens that goes to f/2.8. I set that to wide open, take my ...
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Does subject isolation only depend on subject distance and focal length, aperture and sensor size remaining equal?
Does subject isolation only depend on subject distance and focal length, aperture and sensor size remaining equal?
From my reading of a question on depth of field, if I take a photo of a subject at ...
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Will a lens with a low aperture value give me better portrait photos?
I want to take pictures of people from 5-20 feet away. I attend lots of group events and am free to walk around and snap photos.
I just purchased a Canon t3i and it comes with a 18-55mm kit lens. The ...
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Why would a photographer do focus stacking?
Recently, I come across the term called Focus Stacking where you combine different pictures with different focus points.
My question is, why do the focus stacking? Are there any benefits from the ...
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What aperture should I use to photograph people and why?
What f/# do you use to photograph people, and why? I know this varies from shot to shot.
Let's suppose that you are photographing either a single person or a couple, that it it outside on a somewhat ...
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How does using a lens with some focal length on a full frame camera differ from using a lens with “equivalent” focal lens on a crop camera?
As an example, a 35mm lens on a crop body (such as Nikon DX) is said to be "equivalent" to a 50mm lens on a full frame body. Equivalent here means that they will have the same field of view, but what ...
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Is it possible to Zone Focus with a DSLR?
I have a Canon 1000d. Is the zone focusing technique applicable in a DSLR?
If yes, how do we do it?
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How to achieve shallower DOF using multiple exposures?
For static or semi-static scenes, there are many ways to "simulate" certain features actually not feasible on single photo using the technology the photographer has. For example,
wider field of view ...
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Is it possible to get tethered focus and aperture control with any current DSLR?
I'm looking to get into some photography work and I had a couple questions. I'm quite an amateur at this, unfortunately, so I would appreciate any and all assistance!
I want to be able to control the ...
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Can you help me justify my desire to purchase the Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 even though I find it rather pricey?
I have a D70 with the stock Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED DX lens. I'm about to replace the body with a D7000. I've found the 3.5 f-stop a little limiting in terms of DoF - and having viewed ...
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Why doesn't the background become blurred when I change the aperture on my Fujifilm S4000?
I am sorry if my question is too naive, but I am a complete beginner in photography, and I think I still need to understand well what aperture is. I have a Fujifilm S4000 camera, and I know I can't do ...
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How do I find the right motion blur/depth of field trade off in sports photography?
I could be wrong but when doing sports photography I'm always thinking about the following trade off:
A fast shutter speed to freeze the action.
A small(er) aperture to increase DOF and thus ...
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How to get shallow depth of field with canon 550d and kit lens 18-55mm [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get dramatic shallow DOF with a kit lens?
I've just got a new canon 550d with kit lens. Until now I've had a point and shoot camera , and I don't have any ...
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What's a Typical “In-Focus” Rate for Portraits with an 85mm?
I have a lot of experience doing travel, landscape, product, ... in short, things that don't move much. Models? Not so much. I have a beautiful 85mm portrait lens for my Canon 1Ds Mk III DSLR, and at ...
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Are there problems using the depth of field test button in portrait mode with a grip on the Canon EOS 60D?
I'd like to buy a Canon EOS 60D, but I have a problem with the position of the depth of field test button.
When using the camera in portrait mode, with the battery grip on, I'd like to know if you ...
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What are the “Distance Setting Marks” for use in storytelling composition?
I am reading Understanding Exposure, by Bryan Peterson, to learn some bits and tricks about photography.
I came across one line "You would first choose to set your aperture to f/22 and than align the ...
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Can you achieve the Depth of Field effect with the Pentax X90?
I was flicking through some photos on flickr and started thinking that I wanted to achieve a particular effect - after a bit research I found that what I was appreciating was Depth of Field. Subject ...
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How is it possible to have shallow depth of field with a small aperture? (The tele-macro paradox.)
Some longer tele lenses have a macro mode that allows for really shallow depth of field that have a lot of background melting when using relatively narrow apertures; like f/4.5-6. I have tried and ...
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How do you use the Depth of Field Preview button on a Nikon D90?
I am trying my hands around using Depth of field preview button with my Nikon D90 and its 18-105mm Kit lens. I read some online material as well have seen some videos about using it, but so far I'm ...
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In what kind of scenes does it make sense to use f/1.4 aperture?
I have been told that it is difficult to focus with an aperture of f/1.4.
So, in which kind of scenes does it actually make sense to use the f/1.4?
In portraits they say that it is important to keep ...
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What are the best settings for black and white film portrait photography?
trying to do some "daily shots" thing, and I was wondering what's the best setting for black and white portraits in areas that are well-lit and sometimes not (fastfoods, restaurants, malls)
I want to ...
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What impact do long macro lenses have on DOF?
When using any 1:1 macro lens, my understanding is that the framing or field of view remains the same at 1:1 magnification and all that changes with the focal length is the distance at which the you ...
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How does Depth of Field change when changing distance to account for cropped sensor?
I know that if I take my full frame lens (for example 50mm/1.4) and put it on an APS-C sensor, the field of view (FOV) changes. So what I will do is move back to retain the same subject magnification. ...
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What is the sharpest aperture for Canon 550d with Sigma 8mm?
I usually use F/8 and a manual zoom at 1m. What configuration should I use to assure both objects that are far away(10m) and objects that are close(1-2m) are sharp
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Why aren't photos from my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 as sharp as I expect?
I did a shoot with the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 on my Nikon D5000. Most of the pictures came out good but a lot of them weren't as sharp as I would like. I used that lens because it was a shoot in a ...
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What Budget DSLR has bracketing modes?
I need recommendations on entry level budget DSLRs with plenty of bracketing modes (exposure, F-stops, etc for HDR and DOF shots). I am in Germany and am willing to spend upto €600. The brand doesn't ...
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How do you determine the acceptable Circle of Confusion for a particular photo?
I've noticed that several online and/or downloadable Depth of Field Calculators use different values for the acceptable CoC (Circle of Confusion) for some of the same camera models/sensor sizes. This, ...
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How can I get the most possible depth of field out of close-up/macro shots?
I own a Nikon D40X and just the kit lens and I'm considering buying either a macro lens or some extension tubes. I don't necessarily want to do true 1:1 macro, just some close ups of bugs, fungi and ...
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Can you shoot with a 55mm lens so that you have both person and background clear?
Is it possible to shoot with a 55mm lens so that you have both the close objects and the background objects (like buildings situated half a mile away) clear?
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Have a Nikon 18-200 VR lens ..want to buy a new lens for super DoF
I have a
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
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AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D
does that make any sense? I'm interested in taking pictures that has lot of DoF.
Something ...
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How do aperture and the tilt portion of a tilt shift lens relate?
I have found that you can use the tilt feature of a tilt shift lens to do some pretty neat things with depth of field. I can throw it 8° to the right and everything on the left side of the image drops ...
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Why are my pictures blurry/soft?
Ok so I shoot basically one thing....real estate. I am in the market for a new camera so I borrowed a friends canon 50d. I have been using a Rebel xti and been getting good results but I want to ...
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Why is depth of field minimised at the max focal length of a zoom lens?
I am using Nikon D7000 with 18-105. I have read people saying to get images with the minimum depth of field, the lens should be at its maximumum focal length, in this case at 105mm. However at 105mm ...
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DOF and picture quality
Is it possible to say that picture quality is better with small f number but on very small DOF, so this perfect quality degrades very quickly?
So basically is there any reason to shoot with big ...
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Why does depth of field occur?
I wonder why depth of field occur in the first place. This is not a question about what changes the effect/size of field. We all know that.
Aperture, Focal Length, Focus Length (distance to subject), ...
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Will an add-on mini macro lens for my mobile phone help get a blurry-background effect?
I am new to photography. I am really interested in taking close up photos (macro photography) of objects with a blurry background. But my mobile phone (a Sony Xperia Ion ) does not have the facility ...
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How to measure distance to subject in Depth of Field calculator?
I used Depth of field calculator here.
I should specify subject distance.
How to measure distance to subject?
In theory this is a distance to front principal plane or point.
What is in practice?
I ...
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How do I achieve this minature/tilt-shift effect?
I really like this photo and was wondering how I can achieve something similar?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasasteratakis/6044310648/in/photostream
I had a look at some tutorials to do with ...
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How to choose a lens to get a shallow DOF effect? [duplicate]
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Can I get a shallow DOF using a kit lens?
Help with getting bokeh effect.
I'm an amateur photographer, just getting into photography. I read some things about lens ...
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Why does my DSLR's viewfinder ignore the aperture ring on a legacy lens?
I have a Nikon D3100, and I am borrowing an old Nikkor 50mm SLR lens (http://www.destoutz.ch/lens_50mm_f1.8_1828564.html). I've had a lot of trouble with that lens, in that pictures that appear ...
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how does full frame cameras give better bokeh than crop sensor? [duplicate]
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When do the differences between APS-C and full frame sensors matter, and why?
Why does a bigger sensor lead to a shallower depth of field?
When I compare my camera ...
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How to estimate depth of field? [duplicate]
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Is there a 'rule of thumb' that I can use to estimate depth of field while shooting?
How do you estimate the aperture needed to produce sufficient depth of field ...
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How does the depth of field with 50mm f/1.4 compare to 85mm f/1.8 with the same framing? [duplicate]
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Is there a formula to calculate DOF?
Is there an easy way to establish, on paper, which of these two lenses, shot wide open and with the same subject size in frame, ...
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Do crop sensors increase the depth of field when using full frame lenses?
I'm trying to achieve maximum depth of field without sacrificing light. I have a micro-4/3rds camera and i want to attach a full frame lens to it for the large and constant aperture. My question is, ...
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Reproduction ratio / depth of field
I know that aperture changes the depth of field (DOF), but why is it that by making the image appear larger (by getting closer to the camera or zooming in) there is less DOF?
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DOF with a telephoto lens [duplicate]
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What does it really mean that telephoto lenses “flatten” scenes?
Why is depth of field affected by focal length?
Quick Question. When using telephoto ...
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How to blur the background using a super-zoom camera? [duplicate]
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Is it possible to take shallow depth of field photos with point-and-shoot cameras?
When I shoot portraits with my brother's Nikon D90, this is quite easy to fade out the ...
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How to focus on object and blur the background? [duplicate]
How can I take the photo with the focus on the main object and blurred background using the Nikon D5100? What kind of mode and settings I should use? Thanks.
