What is the proper term for this style photo??? Where you concentrate on the object and the background is blurry/out of focus..Looking to get a new camera and was curious if this a funtion on any new digital cams... Thank's
This is a depth of field shot. YOu might be able to recreate it with the sports setting on a point and shoot cam. The idea behind it is when you open the shutter it closes quick so you only get the closer object in detail.
That's just a matter of depth of field. Whoever shot that photo was standing pretty far away, and zoomed in, therefore creating a very narrow depth of field.
If they were moving side to side and the back ground was blurred and the subject was in focus it would be called panning
I see yhea my current Cannon Power Shot is a cheapy digital and tried a few time but gave up quick.. I'm looking to step up to a better point/shoot style just curious if it is a option in these style camera's.. I guess I could always adjust the shutter speed in the manual setting.. My current one takes good pics for what it is but wanna step up a little.. any suggestions from you photo phags..(no offense its what we called my dad as a kid, always had his camera in your mug)
It's a limited depth of field effect. You'll want to find a camera that lets you adjust your aperture which is the diameter of the hole allowing light in to the film/sensor. As the aperture gets smaller, the area in focus is smaller as well. You will also need to consider the focal length, which is the distance between the lens and the film/sensor. A longer focal length will make for a smaller depth of field, too. You would use a lens with a long focal length for shooting things far away, like a telescope. A short focal length would be used for wide shots, panoramas, landscapes, etc. If you are getting an SLR, Canon and Nikon both make very good products, but if you get into it, you'll end up spending more on lenses than the body cost pretty quickly. I haven't looked at point and shoot cameras for a few years, but the Canon G series used to be very good. You might also want to hit photo.net. They have tons of information there.
A friend has a Canon SLR and loves it, just not sure if it would be me wife kid friendly... I may have to wait a few before I step up to that.. Thank's for the info.. Thats a hobby I've always loved, but never stepped up to learning about it..
Just started looking not sure, would like to stay undr $300 if I go higher I think I will wait till I can get a SLR style
For what you are wanting, I believe you need an SLR and not a point and shoot. You can get plenty of control, but so much for it fitting into your pocket.
True, is there a decent started brand out there with the most bang for your buck? Is there package's out there anybody know of.. What is a starting cost on such Item,, I guess I need to read up on this.. Any input will be graciously accepted....
One thing about Nikon and Canon digital SLR cameras is that you can use lenses off of non digital cameras. I use a Nikon and I can use the af lenses from my N8008 and can use lenses from my F1. You will have to manual focus the lenses but thats no big deal. The af lenses from my N8008 have the focusing motor in the lense. I just picked up a SB 600 Speedlight flash. You can use multiple flashes and fire them from the IR on the camera. I have not had a lot of time to play with this featue yet but, using the flash on the camera and it will use the built in zoom feature on the flash. It will reach out over 60 feet.
that can also be done with photo editing software on a "regular" picture. as for doing it by standing far away and zooming, you'd have to do it without using the digital zoom of your point and shoot. digital zoom is basically cropping the picture like you would do on the computer, only inside the camera. closer you get, the lower the quality of the end photo. only use the lens for zoom. the only time to use digital zoom is if you can't get any closer and do not edit your pics after.
I have gotten the same results using a Pentax (point and shoot.... non-SLR) with the "Portrait" setting.
In film it's call a "rack focus," I'm not 100% sure if that term carries over into still photography. You have to open the aperture up as much as possible to do it... The lower your F-Stop is, the more out of focus you can make the background (or foreground).
FYI, I took the photo at Mokan, using a Canon 5D with a 70-200 Sigma 2.8 lens, photo was taken at 175mm, aperture 4.6 & 200 ASA. As mentioned using a longer lenses at busy places helps isolate the subject. Different apertures help control depth of field particularly with shorter lenses but I prefer the longer lenses for opportunistic shots to get rid of the background clutter & isolation effect. Cheers Kevin
i highly reccomend a slr, if you do go that route i suggest the xsi, its a bit more than the base models, but with more options and more pixels, you cant go wrong, check the camera websites like wolf, they should have good package deals this time of year
This is what I use at work: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=144&modelid=15672 I highly recomend it. I don't always know what settings will produce the picture or effect I want; hey, it's digital I just take multiple pics at different shutter/aperture settings and use what looks best after editing. Of course, this works best when your subject will hold still while you fiddle with the camera! After a while you'll get the hang of it.
If you are going Digital SLR a great base body is the Nikon D90. Until it died a horrible death I had one of the old D1s and liked it, as for 35mm a F60 and F1 work well for me. The pic in my avatar was taken with a D1 and 600ml lens. The aircraft is at 1000ft so it shows the camera and lenses capability's well. Any Nikon is a good camera, great range of lenses available for them too, as was mentioned th AF and non AF will fit. Nikkor are about the best you can get. If you want to shoot a big lens, ie 600ml or bigger Cannon has a better range (Or did) but you can get converters. Doc. PS a unipod is invaluable too!
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