Getting Shallow DOF in DVX100

Andre De Clercq · March 7th, 2003, 03:33 PM

Tom,
One of the divisions of the company I work for commerializes professional gear for editing photo's, magzines...It's a pleasure to see how commercial leaflets can be manipulated... It can't be Nikon's purpose to convince (mislead) people that focal length plays a role in the above cases. The only thing that can happen is that some misinformed salespeople, "invented" this tale and the pictures.

Juan Trujillo · March 7th, 2003, 07:44 PM

Isn't this shallow depth of field?

http://www.24p.com/downloads/11B.jpg

Wayne Orr · March 7th, 2003, 08:40 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Juan Trujillo : Isn't this shallow depth of field?

http://www.24p.com/downloads/11B.jpg -->>>

It is, but not in any practical sense. It's full tight, wide aperature, maybe 1 foot horizontal field of view, and the background is probably twenty feet away (the blurry background in the upper left). The camera is maybe six feet from the subject. Great for shooting insects and leaves, but pretty hard to shoot a movie this way. Try duplicating this look on a head and shoulders shot in an interior setting.

Jeff Donald · March 7th, 2003, 09:19 PM

A different set of rules apply to macro photography and DOF. In some case (because of the greater image magnification) video will have less DOF than film in close up photography.

March 7th, 2003, 07:44 PM	#17
Juan Trujillo New Boot Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 14	Shallow DOF Isn't this shallow depth of field? http://www.24p.com/downloads/11B.jpg

March 7th, 2003, 08:40 PM	#18
Wayne Orr Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northridge Ca Posts: 734	Re: Shallow DOF <<<-- Originally posted by Juan Trujillo : Isn't this shallow depth of field? http://www.24p.com/downloads/11B.jpg -->>> It is, but not in any practical sense. It's full tight, wide aperature, maybe 1 foot horizontal field of view, and the background is probably twenty feet away (the blurry background in the upper left). The camera is maybe six feet from the subject. Great for shooting insects and leaves, but pretty hard to shoot a movie this way. Try duplicating this look on a head and shoulders shot in an interior setting. __________________ Wayne If it was easy, they'd get a relative to do it.

March 7th, 2003, 09:19 PM	#19
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	A different set of rules apply to macro photography and DOF. In some case (because of the greater image magnification) video will have less DOF than film in close up photography. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

March 7th, 2003, 03:33 PM	#16
Andre De Clercq Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 804	Tom, One of the divisions of the company I work for commerializes professional gear for editing photo's, magzines...It's a pleasure to see how commercial leaflets can be manipulated... It can't be Nikon's purpose to convince (mislead) people that focal length plays a role in the above cases. The only thing that can happen is that some misinformed salespeople, "invented" this tale and the pictures.