on the Canon EOS 20D can you have a sharp foucus on a main thing and blur out the background?
2007-08-10 18:38:49 · 5 answers · asked by RONNYBOO! 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Well yeah, you can do this with most cameras that have manual control over the aperture.
I wouldn't recomend the 20D to you if you dont already have enough photography experience to know what I am talking about. The 20D does have a full automatic setting and all of the manual settings you would need, but something like the XT or XTi has a couple of automatic settings like 'portrait', which would open the aperture up, give you a narrow 'depth of field', and your subject would be as sharp as your lens will allow and everything in the background would 'brokeh' or blur.
All of the digital Rebels have the automatic settings and the manual settings. The automatic settings are nice to get started right away, while the semi-manual settings let you delve into more creativity. You could even find a decent point and shoot with the manual settings, but if you plan to go DSLR, dont waste your money just to buy a DSLR later.
The 20D is a great camera, but without knowing how to use it, (its mostly manual) it would be frustrating at first.
2007-08-10 18:55:23 · answer #1 · answered by cabbiinc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has been fairly well answered. I'd like to add to what Jim said though. A wide-angle lens (10mm, 15mm, etc.) will show almost everything in focus at just about any aperture. A telephoto lens (200mm, 300mm, etc.) will have a very shallow depth of field even at f16. A 100mm f1.7 or f2 portrait lens will allow a good deal of background blurring without the "compression effect" of longer telephoto lenses.
2007-08-14 11:44:27 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are asking for is a "shallow depth of field". This done in all film and digital cameras the same:
A tight aperture, like f16 will have almost everything in focus.
A more open aperture, like F2, will focus only in the focus spot, all else will be blurred.
If your camera has focus pre-view, you can see what the focus will be.
This is very creative, and my favorite feature to use on cameras.
2007-08-10 20:23:42 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are both outdated cameras, both replaced by the Canon 60D and the Canon 550D, respectively.
2016-04-01 10:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can with any camera, use F2- F4, manual focus will help alot
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2007-08-10 18:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by Antoni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋