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how 2 get focus and out of focus result in A80
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Dave S83494
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You need a shallow " Depth of Field "for this which P & S digitals don't have. The only things you can do is use full telephoto and set lens to wide open setting.
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Marco Nero
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Unfortunately, compacts and subcompacts don't really give you this option. But a Digital SLR (DSLR) will due to the the higher apertures etc. The only exception to the rule is the Powershot Pro 1 and possibly the equivallent Sony f828.
You can fudge it though with your camera by artificially blurring the background on your computer or by using the zoom close to maximum for portraits etc (make sure you're far enough away from the subject). In macro mode, you can also achive this effect to a considerable degree. I had to do all these things with my s400.
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You can fudge it though with your camera by artificially blurring the background on your computer or by using the zoom close to maximum for portraits etc (make sure you're far enough away from the subject). In macro mode, you can also achive this effect to a considerable degree. I had to do all these things with my s400.
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Lucem
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1. Open the aperture as much as you can.
2. Zoom is as much as you can.
3. Get as close as you can to your main subject.
4. Have a background that is much farther away from the subject than from where the camera is, the more distance from the backgound, the more out of focus effect you will get for it.
Also with Macros, really close subjects, activating that flower Icon will give you excellent results for the effect that you want.
And the resuts are very nice.
In photography that effect is know as depth of field.
As the name says, is the depth in which everything will be sharp in focus.
What you are looking for is a shallow or small depth of field.
2. Zoom is as much as you can.
3. Get as close as you can to your main subject.
4. Have a background that is much farther away from the subject than from where the camera is, the more distance from the backgound, the more out of focus effect you will get for it.
Also with Macros, really close subjects, activating that flower Icon will give you excellent results for the effect that you want.
And the resuts are very nice.
In photography that effect is know as depth of field.
As the name says, is the depth in which everything will be sharp in focus.
What you are looking for is a shallow or small depth of field.
Asghar247051
Well-known member
This image was shot in P-mode f2.8. The closer the camera is to the object the better the effect.
Nugar
Senior Member
Shhhh! Please don't tell that to my G3!
http://www.nugar.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=14
It can also be done with normal sized objects.
Nugar
Nugar
http://nugar.com/gallery/
http://www.nugar.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=14
It can also be done with normal sized objects.
Nugar
--Unfortunately, compacts and subcompacts don't really give you this
option. But a Digital SLR (DSLR) will due to the the higher
apertures etc. The only exception to the rule is the Powershot Pro
1 and possibly the equivallent Sony f828.
You can fudge it though with your camera by artificially blurring
the background on your computer or by using the zoom close to
maximum for portraits etc (make sure you're far enough away from
the subject). In macro mode, you can also achive this effect to a
considerable degree. I had to do all these things with my s400.
Regards,
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Marco Nero.
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design/powershot_pro1
Nugar
http://nugar.com/gallery/
Marco Nero
Veteran Member
As I said earlier:
I also mentioned that DSLRs are the best for this effect although the Pro 1 was designed with a different irus compared to compact digitals... closer to that of an SLR. It enables you to achieve results like this (not that this helps the original poster here):
Although these following images were taken with the Pro 1 in Macro mode, you can see how the aperture difference affects the image in terms of a diffuse background.
Taken at f8.0 (Image below):
Taken at f4.0 (Image below):
These image were taken with an s400 which is similar to the A80 but without any control over aperture or shutter speed. Note that it was taken in Macro Mode... this is about as good as it's going to get for users of most Subcompact Digitals:
http://www.pbase.com/nero_design/image/23934781
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Marco Nero.
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I don’t think it’s true. Pro1 doesn’t have any special irus or iris or anything else to aid in achieving the blurred background and you can’t even begin to compare it with the DSLR with the DOF. If you have any Canon marketing material pleas provide a link it would be interesting to read about it.
On the digicams the bigger zoom and bigger sensor the better possibility to blur the background and since Pro1 has 200mm zoom and 2/3 sensor it is possible to get shallower DOF than the cameras with smaller sensor and less zoom. That’s all. Nothing special about the Pro1 here IMHO.
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virtuamike
Senior Member
Zoom in a little so you're around 55mm and set your aperture as low as possible.
S45:
Or make sure you're at wide angle and set to macro.
Again S45:
It's hard to get good DOF effect on P&S camera but it's not impossible. For best effect, make sure background is as far away as possible and subject is as close as possible.
S45:
Or make sure you're at wide angle and set to macro.
Again S45:
It's hard to get good DOF effect on P&S camera but it's not impossible. For best effect, make sure background is as far away as possible and subject is as close as possible.
Marco Nero
Veteran Member
That is incorrect. The Pro 1 attracted a LOT of attention when the specs were first released (Direct Quote: " The iris type circular aperture creates an elegant background blur while a neutral density filter allows for larger apertures in bright conditions.") because it was the first time that a prosumer compact digital was advertised as being able to take shots with a DOF similar to DSLRs. This effect was previously the realm of DSLR users prior to the release of the Pro 1. A lot of people wrote in here that this was impossible. I made sure to post samples to shut them up taken on my very first day of shooting with the Pro 1. Here's another:
Note that these were NOT taken using Macro or Super Macro. In either of those modes, any subcompact Digital is capabale of much the same DOF. The Pro 1's special Petal-Type Iris gained a lot of attention for this very reason as it differed considerably from previous lenses on the G-Series cameras and other Powershots. The larger apertures available on the Pro 1 allow for nicer DOF effects, and can be coupled with the built in ND filter for larger apertures in brighter environments than compacts and subcompacts offer.
You should talk to Canon about their pre-release marketing which took the time to draw attention to the Pro 1's DOF capabilities giving users DSLR capabilities on a Non DSLR for the first time.
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