Hello, I recently Bought a Sony HDR-CX160 and I was wondering what I can do to achieve the best depth of field shots as possible. Is there anything I can do with the camera now to to make this possible? It does have manual focus, and a wide range of other manual features, so I was wondering if there is anythin I can do to enhance the DOF.
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Lets make sure we are talking about the same, first. Depth of field, used in an artful manner, means the control of deep focus, or shallow focus. You have an excellent camera but the problem with small cameras is usually too much depth of field, when one wants to throw the background out of focus. Larger cameras have larger sensor chips which means more selective focus. Some larger cameras have interchangeable lenses, with the selection of the proper focul length and f-stop the DP can shoot a close up a face, razor sharp, but blur the background. Watch Hollywood movies for this effect. Hard to do on small cameras.
With your camera if you zoom out a bit and are in lower light to allow the lens to use a wide f-stop, and place the person near the camera and lots of space behindmthe person, you might throe the background soft. Give it a try.
So were you asking about making deep focus or shallow focus ?
Also look at the link. You can google this topic.
Lets make sure we are talking about the same, first. Depth of field, used in an artful manner, means the control of deep focus, or shallow focus. You have an excellent camera but the problem with small cameras is usually too much depth of field, when one wants to throw the background out of focus. Larger cameras have larger sensor chips which means more selective focus. Some larger cameras have interchangeable lenses, with the selection of the proper focul length and f-stop the DP can shoot a close up a face, razor sharp, but blur the background. Watch Hollywood movies for this effect. Hard to do on small cameras.
With your camera if you zoom out a bit and are in lower light to allow the lens to use a wide f-stop, and place the person near the camera and lots of space behindmthe person, you might throe the background soft. Give it a try.
So were you asking about making deep focus or shallow focus ?
Also look at the link. You can google this topic.
HD camcorder with shallow depth of field.?
Evan S
I'm looking for a consumer level video camera that can produce a shallow depth of field and shoot in 24p (24fps). Any suggestions? (I would also like one with an external microphone input jack)
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canon t2i with a fast lens.
i shot this on mine in about 5 minutes about a month ago, but even for more serious shoots, this cameras great. http://www.vimeo.com/12096590 just to show off the d.o.f. at f/1.8.
it was actually shot at 720/60p but i conformed it to 24p to get the slo-mo. I've tried a few times to emulate a 16 or 35 mm film look in the camera, the verdict being: you can get damn close. With a little bit of washed out CC you can do pretty cool stuff on this little camera. I also have on of these with it http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363083-REG/Rode_VIDEOMIC_VideoMic_Camera_Mounted.html
so it gives you everything your looking for in a camera.
canon t2i with a fast lens.
i shot this on mine in about 5 minutes about a month ago, but even for more serious shoots, this cameras great. http://www.vimeo.com/12096590 just to show off the d.o.f. at f/1.8.
it was actually shot at 720/60p but i conformed it to 24p to get the slo-mo. I've tried a few times to emulate a 16 or 35 mm film look in the camera, the verdict being: you can get damn close. With a little bit of washed out CC you can do pretty cool stuff on this little camera. I also have on of these with it http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363083-REG/Rode_VIDEOMIC_VideoMic_Camera_Mounted.html
so it gives you everything your looking for in a camera.
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