The goal of the
Depth of Field International Film Festival is to help the winners in this competition achieve recognition and distribution opportunities.
That effect mimics the shallow
depth of field of a proper big camera - but the iPhone camera can't do it for real because the laws of physics don't allow it.
"One of the problems of photographing small things is the very limited
depth of field that a macro lens will provide, even stopped down to a small aperture," Hawkridge explains.
Pressing the lens icon on the left will switch the camera to aperture priority mode which allows you to set the f-stop manually from F 0.95 to F16; perfect for getting that perfect
depth of field. Interestingly, you can change the amount of blur after taking the photo by clicking the lens icon and adjusting the slider.
The Section 2 image samples show the same image clicked in four different modes - normal auto, HDR,
Depth of Field and Super Res.
Summary: Sony's next generation of HDC series camera technology provides the ability to use the high magnification wide zoom range lenses currently employed by HD 2/3-inch systems while maintaining an adequate
depth of field to properly show all the action in live event broadcasting.
From shooting with LED or flash to adding background color and controlling
depth of field, this delves into the unique requirements for successful macro photography, embellishing all with gorgeous color photo examples.
Pippa finds that her life, as well as her photos, may need more
depth of field.
Blur Texture --
Depth of Field: In photography, the term "
depth of field" refers to the range of depth that is considered to be "in-focus" for a picture of that scene.
The effect uses a new
depth of field algorithm to blur the backgrounds of images and enhance subjects.