is there a point and shoot camera that has the ability to make the background blurry? kind of like the professeional DSLR?? i just think dslr are way toooo big.
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Answer by slap happy
The problem with point and shoots are that they have smaller sensors than DSLRS so you would have to mess with the settings to get the "shallow depth of field" you are looking for.
This should help get a shallow depth of field with a point and shoot.
Go to the menu on the point and shoot set the aperture to the lowest number. This creates the shallow depth of field (blur). A higher number gives you a deep depth of field(no blur ).
Make sure not to use digital zoom because it will crop the picture.
Tap the shutter to auto focus and stop when you get the look you want.
or look into the olympus xz-1
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Every camera has this ability. It depends on the focus point. If the camera focuses on a close object, than the background is blurry. If it focuses on a distant object, the close ones will be blurry. A lot of cheap point and shoot cameras have the depth of focus set default to wide range, which means that there is a big range of distances from the lens, where the object will be in focus, exactly because they are meant for "point and shoot". This way you don't need to check how far the object is and try to focus right on it. Even with these cameras you can manage to "fool" the camera. You surely know, when you half-press the shoot button, it focuses on the most likely (or center) object in the picture. Now if you for example half press the button facing a pretty close object, it will focus on it, and then while still holding it half pressed pan the camera elsewhere, you'll notice it will remain focused in the distance the object was. This way, when you finally press the button all the way without releasing it, it will make the picture with the previous focal distance. This way you can make sure, the camera focuses on close distance, even when in the scene you wanna take there is nothing close by.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question simply - After thorough research I bought FujiFilm S2000 HD. Has a great auto program, that does all for ya and has a lot of customisable functions, it is quite small and has a lot of capabilities of an SLR (although it is a compact and NOT an SLR) You can do amazing pictures with it, although if you wanna use the more advanced features, you'll have to do it vie menu, not specific predefined buttons, like SLR's have. And very importantly it has a 15x optical zoom lens - that is more than usual binoculars. And it makes high quality videos with a good microphone which is a nice advantage.
There are three rules that determine a limited depth-of-field (blurry background).
ReplyDelete1. the closer the subject, the shallower the depth-of-field.
2. the longer the focal length, the shallower the depth-of-field.
3. the more open the aperture, the shallower the depth-of-field.
All of these rules work in conjunction with each other. They are all additive.
Item #2, and #3 is best done with a DSLR, and in fact, a compact camera may not be able to achieve the results you want otherwise.
But you may be able to approach some semblance of a blurry background if you do your best to apply the three rules above, as best as you can with your limited equipment.
Especially if you can put some distance between subject and the background, you might be able to use rule #1 to it's fullest extent.
Rule #2 - use the longest focal length you can (zoom as far as you can). Since compact cameras have small sensors, they have short focal lengths (about 6 times shorter than a DSLR), so don't expect miracles with this technique.
Rule #3 - a few compact cameras have the ability to adjust the focal length - those cameras with manual exposure controls; but often the smallest aperture in the compact cameras is just not small enough.
But experiment with the above rules and see what you come up with.
Try the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V Digital Camera, If I'm not mistaken it has a blur mode.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to get blurry backgrounds with a compact camera you can do it like this.
ReplyDeleteUse telephoto, between 5x and 12x, or whatever it goes to within reason. Make sure you choose the largest aperture possible. That is the F number ( eg F 4.0 ) given to the position of the iris in the lens which determins how much light goes in.
Make sure the number is as low as it could be, however this number may rise as you zoom in.
Get as close as you possibly can. The closer you get combined with the length of the zoom will go some way to getting a blurred background.
needed a point & shoot that had the manual controls of a D-SLR, compact enought to carry around everyday and had a quality lens. Very limited choices out there if you wanted to fill all three criteria's. After looking at the Nikon P7000, I decided to wait for the P300 and I'm glad I did. I liked the viewfinder on the P7000 and the hot shoe, but it was slow and still a little too bulky for everyday use. The interface is a lot faster on the P300 and the fast f1.8 lens is awesome for a point and shoot. The LCD is big and bright and the controls are very easy to learn. I like the video button, but I wish it was customizable for white balance or ISO control. This is a really great camera and the images are almost as good as my old Nikon D40. Almost.
ReplyDeleteNikon D3100 is Great camera, quality of pictures is awsome. Takes studio quality pictures that that will make you forget about your little point and shoot camera. Your point and shoot is small enough to carry around about anywhere to catch quick snap shots, but for planned events, get togethers, holidays, or anyting like that you will always be grabbing for your nikon d3100. It is as easy to use in auto mode as my pocket camera, but also has a lot of other functions and plenty of atatchments. Bottom line is it's a great camera, gives crisp and clear picture,and has great accesories to acomodate whatever type of photography you want to do. I love it.
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