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camdude |
 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject: dof |
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| Hello, i have a canon powershot S3 IS, i want to create blurred backgrounds. any tips on how to do so would be great, thanks |
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| chieflong |
| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Use maximum zoom and the lowest f/stop available (f/2.8) It is called limited depth of field (DOF) or amount in focus from front to back. The lower the f/stop the less DOF you will have, the higher the f/stop the more you will have in focus from the front of the image to the back.
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| molja |
| Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Hello, camdude. Jeff wrote a very good tutorial on DOF. Read it here. |
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