Is this DOF or just Focus?

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slabbius

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In some recent episodes of "Heroes" I have noticed what appears to be a horizontal DOF, or is it just Focus. Characters or objects come in and out of focus as they move horizontally across the screen. Is this some sort of post effect or are they using lens/camera tricks? If anyone needs an example of this i'm sure I can find a clip somewhere and explain what I mean more detailed.

Is there any info someone could pass along on this because I've tried searching and can't find anything that matches my criteria.

Could a "lensbabies" kit fitted onto a Letus Extreme and achieve similar results?

Thanks
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P.S. Does anyone think that particular episodes of "Heroes" tend to be saturated with one particular color throughout the show? In one ep. nearly everything (drapes, clothing, plates, school colors, cups, lighting, etc.) was all blue.
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They're using a tilt-shift lens for those shots. The lens is tilted all the way to the left or right, which places the focal plane in a near vertical line through the camera. Both Nikon and Canon make tilt-shift lenses. We use our Canon 24TSE on our adapters all the time.
 
Perhaps you misinterpreted what I was trying to explain. I know all lenses have DoF, but it's to and from the camera's lens not from left to right.

Thank you Blue World for the help, that's exactly what I was looking for!


William_Robinette said:
DoF is something all lenses have. A shallow DoF is what 35mm has in relation to video cameras.
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Canon has a great range of tilt shift lenses. We played with a few while touring with Canon on the pro-expo tour here in Canada. Lens Baby now has a tilt shift for PL lenses, meanining you could use one with adapters like the Brevis :-)
 
The new Magic Bullet Looks has a great tilt shift filter. I know it's ideal to capture such things with the real equipment, but the post solution is pretty good looking in this situation.
 
Here it is: \/ \/ \/ copy and paste in your address bar \/ \/ \/

http://www.imaginginfo.com/web/online/News/Lensbabies-Showcases-PL-Mount-Lensbaby-3G-3rd-Generation-Selective-Focus-SLR-Lens-at-PhotoPlus/3$3187
 
I've seen at least three clips of Redrock M2 footage using a shift tilt lens. They definitely lend a distinctive look, but here's the challenge with them. Once you film it with that lens, you don't have any options to change it. For those who are really experienced with shift-tilt lenses it can produce great results.

For those of us who aren't quite so skilled or maybe don't know exactly what we want, something like Magic Bullet's post effect could be a better, more flexible option

I was just watching the MTV Music Awards honoring Genesis, ZZTop, and Ozzie and in all the band interviews they used this effect (it was a top-bottom effect rather than left-right)

Cheers

Brian
 
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