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- Thread starter chuakboon
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Hi,
I'm new too. Will attempt to answer your question briefly. There should be quite a lot of information already posted. Just do a search.
I think you're talking about having the shallowest DOF.
1. open up iris as much as possible.
2. set your zoom to the maximum
3. put the background as far as possible.
4. Maybe you need to have the book as close to the camera as possible.
5. switch to manual focus and focus till the subject is in focus.
Did you get what you want ?
I'm new too. Will attempt to answer your question briefly. There should be quite a lot of information already posted. Just do a search.
I think you're talking about having the shallowest DOF.
1. open up iris as much as possible.
2. set your zoom to the maximum
3. put the background as far as possible.
4. Maybe you need to have the book as close to the camera as possible.
5. switch to manual focus and focus till the subject is in focus.
Did you get what you want ?
Barry_Green
Moderator
Move the background a long, long, long way away from the subject.
discs of tron
Well-known member
yes, or you might find the subject easier to move than the background 
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
ROFL :cheesy:
Barry_Green
Moderator
Um, yeah. What tron said.
profnoxin
Well-known member
Or, (and if we are talking basic depth of field right now, I may just be throwing out too much information) in some cases, those shots are achieved by shooting with swing/shift lenses. These lenses have a long bellows with the glass set into the bellows, so you can manually shift elements of glass within the lens forward and backward, and tilt them diagonally, so that certain things that are on the same plain horizontally or vertically are out of focus with each other. If anyone watches the show "Miami Ink" all of the interviews on that show are shot with swing/shift lenses so that the characters faces and the left sides of their heads are in focus, but the right sides of their heads, which are always blown out, are out of focus.
Oh, and the movie "In The Cut" which uses them way, way, way too much.
Oh, and the movie "In The Cut" which uses them way, way, way too much.
<Oh, and the movie "In The Cut" which uses them way, way, way too much.>
DOF should be like olive oil...used sparingly. In some places it is novelty, but I realized once I paid attention that many good directors do not use it nearly as much as many indies try to. I feel after awhile like those directors are trying to hit me with a sledgehammer to watch the main person and not wonder off.
DOF should be like olive oil...used sparingly. In some places it is novelty, but I realized once I paid attention that many good directors do not use it nearly as much as many indies try to. I feel after awhile like those directors are trying to hit me with a sledgehammer to watch the main person and not wonder off.