Questions tagged “depth of field”

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85mm f/1.4 vs 135mm f/1.8 for portraits: depth of field and background blur

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Roman T

5mo ago

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Why is only one bird sharp when eye-detect saw all three, and how can I get all of them in focus?

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RKh

10mo ago

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Why are my f/11 and f/22 shots softer than f/5.6 on Micro Four Thirds, and how can I keep more depth without blur?

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Sai Deepak

1y ago

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What causes a doubled edge on an out-of-focus subject near the frame edge?

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noearchimede

1y ago

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Could a wide-angle lens plus magnifier create a telephoto image with wide-angle depth of field?

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Flux

1y ago

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Useful depth-of-field rules of thumb and their limits

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Tom Axford

1y ago

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Why can depth of field stay the same while background blur looks stronger with a longer focal length?

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matej

1y ago

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Does crop factor change a lens’s maximum aperture on APS-C?

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ozymandias1324

2y ago

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What software can combine multiple focus points into one sharp image?

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Shika93

2y ago

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Does sensor or format size affect depth of field, or only the image formed by the lens?

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Oldhouse

2y ago

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How do you choose circle of confusion for depth of field on a 16K line-scan camera?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Why don’t landscape photographers always use very small apertures like f/22 or f/32?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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How can you keep an angled guitar sharp from top to bottom in product photography?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Why does machine-vision circle of confusion use pixel pitch or Airy disk, while photographic DoF CoC usually does not?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Is depth of focus symmetrical, and is my depth-of-field diagram correct?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Why don’t 25mm at f/4 and 100mm at f/16 give the same depth of field at the same subject distance?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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Can you use a 0.71× focal reducer between a full-frame 24mm f/2 lens and a full-frame Sony A7S II?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Does unit focusing change depth of field compared with internal/element focusing?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Why do astrophotographers use wide apertures if depth of field gets shallower?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Is full frame significantly better than APS-C for macro photography?

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Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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