Fuji s602- depth of field preview ?

I am seriously considering the s602 and have the following question - Will the LCD display adjust to show me what the final photographed image will look like (ie- when I'm in aperture priority mode or manual mode and am fiddling around with aperture settings trying to achieve certain depth of field effects- will the LCD display show me the impact of aperture changes) ?

I know that some film cameras used to have a "depth of field preview button" but I don't know if this exists/is necessary in digital cameras or not? Or perhaps this is a feature of only higher level cameras?

Any info/insights appreciated-Thanks

...and to confuse matters the lens aperture is constantly changing when you are viewing the image to help control the exposure on the LCD/EVF
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but it's not comething critical because you can see the result imediately. After a while you can predict the DOF and you don't really need it.

The problem can be with sports and action but again you usually have big aperture in such situation and if you focused right it's not a big deal.

There are always exceptions to the rule of course and you may really need it. I'm not aware of any prosumer digital camera that does this. Perhaps the over 2000$ class has it.

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...and to confuse matters the lens aperture is constantly changing
when you are viewing the image to help control the exposure on the
LCD/EVF
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Hi Beth

If you're coming from the world of film, the DOF on the average digital camera will be something of a shop.
F2.8 has a DOF equivalent to about F8 on 35mm film.
People will argue about the precise figures but there's no denying it's a lot.

If you really want to reduce the DOF I think you have to do it in post processing.
regards
Ian

Beth W said:

I am seriously considering the s602 and have the following question

• Will the LCD display adjust to show me what the final

photographed image will look like (ie- when I'm in aperture
priority mode or manual mode and am fiddling around with aperture
settings trying to achieve certain depth of field effects- will the
LCD display show me the impact of aperture changes) ?

I know that some film cameras used to have a "depth of field
preview button" but I don't know if this exists/is necessary in
digital cameras or not? Or perhaps this is a feature of only
higher level cameras?

Any info/insights appreciated-Thanks

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ianR said:

Hi Beth
If you're coming from the world of film, the DOF on the average
digital camera will be something of a shop.

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(Something of a SHOCK of course).
Ian

ianR said:

F2.8 has a DOF equivalent to about F8 on 35mm film.
People will argue about the precise figures but there's no denying
it's a lot.
If you really want to reduce the DOF I think you have to do it in
post processing.
regards
Ian

Beth W said:

I am seriously considering the s602 and have the following question

• Will the LCD display adjust to show me what the final

photographed image will look like (ie- when I'm in aperture
priority mode or manual mode and am fiddling around with aperture
settings trying to achieve certain depth of field effects- will the
LCD display show me the impact of aperture changes) ?

I know that some film cameras used to have a "depth of field
preview button" but I don't know if this exists/is necessary in
digital cameras or not? Or perhaps this is a feature of only
higher level cameras?

Any info/insights appreciated-Thanks

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Ian,

Thanks for the info- in all of my reading, I hadn't yet come accross any figures indicating such a difference in DOF at similar aperture settings for film vs. digital. Very informative-
many thanks-
Beth

ianR said:

ianR said:

Hi Beth
If you're coming from the world of film, the DOF on the average
digital camera will be something of a shop.

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(Something of a SHOCK of course).
Ian

ianR said:

F2.8 has a DOF equivalent to about F8 on 35mm film.
People will argue about the precise figures but there's no denying
it's a lot.
If you really want to reduce the DOF I think you have to do it in
post processing.
regards
Ian

Beth W said:

I am seriously considering the s602 and have the following question

• Will the LCD display adjust to show me what the final

photographed image will look like (ie- when I'm in aperture
priority mode or manual mode and am fiddling around with aperture
settings trying to achieve certain depth of field effects- will the
LCD display show me the impact of aperture changes) ?

I know that some film cameras used to have a "depth of field
preview button" but I don't know if this exists/is necessary in
digital cameras or not? Or perhaps this is a feature of only
higher level cameras?

Any info/insights appreciated-Thanks

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Hi Beth

You're welcome, but if you really want it all fully explained to you then you have to read this:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1012&message=2073242
regards
Ian

Beth W said:

ianR said:

ianR said:

Hi Beth
If you're coming from the world of film, the DOF on the average
digital camera will be something of a shop.

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(Something of a SHOCK of course).
Ian

B Wohlwend said:

F2.8 has a DOF equivalent to about F8 on 35mm film.
People will argue about the precise figures but there's no denying
it's a lot.
If you really want to reduce the DOF I think you have to do it in
post processing.
regards
Ian

Beth W said:

I am seriously considering the s602 and have the following question

• Will the LCD display adjust to show me what the final

photographed image will look like (ie- when I'm in aperture
priority mode or manual mode and am fiddling around with aperture
settings trying to achieve certain depth of field effects- will the
LCD display show me the impact of aperture changes) ?

I know that some film cameras used to have a "depth of field
preview button" but I don't know if this exists/is necessary in
digital cameras or not? Or perhaps this is a feature of only
higher level cameras?

Any info/insights appreciated-Thanks

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ianR said:

ianR said:

ianR said:

ianR said:

Hi Beth
If you're coming from the world of film, the DOF on the average
digital camera will be something of a shop.

Click to expand...

(Something of a SHOCK of course).
Ian

ianR said:

F2.8 has a DOF equivalent to about F8 on 35mm film.
People will argue about the precise figures but there's no denying
it's a lot.
If you really want to reduce the DOF I think you have to do it in
post processing.
regards
Ian

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Ian I can't say that I have experience with film SLRs but I find it hard to believe that there is such a difference. If you said 2.8 is like 4 I could belive it but 8??

Well perhaps...everything is possible

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