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depth of field with kit lens

Started Aug 4, 2013 | Questions thread
Ulric Veteran Member • Posts: 4,559
Re: depth of field with kit lens

Ariel Ke wrote:

My question is whether I can achieve nice shallow depth of field with the kit lens, or maybe I should go for a camera with an APS-C sensor?

Yes you can. Set the kit lens on 42mm and wide open and place the subject not too close to the background.

For even more background blur, the 45/1.8 is a very nice, inexpensive portrait lens.

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