i would like to get the whole focus thing going like th foreground or main object focused and the background blurred how to do that?? i only have a fujifilm s3500 digital camera...also any tips??
2007-09-05 15:35:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If that is a Point-And-Shoot camera, I don't think it's possible, But if it's an SLR, you can set your camera to it's totally-manual mode. ( Read the instructions ) You can focus manually ( And depending on the lens you have, zoom, ) however you want, and you can probably get a blurry backround.
2007-09-05 15:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by maclover451 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's going to be darn hard to "de-focus" too much using a digital camera while keeping the main subject in sharp focus. The smaller the sensor, the greater depth of field you will have. Generally speaking, the smaller the camera, the smaller the sensor. Most of the pictures you take with a digital camera are quite sharp from near to far distances and there is a reason for that which I will explain.
While we speak in terms of the 35 mm equivalency of digital lenses, don't forget that the digital sensors are usually smaller than a full-format 35 mm frame. Most of the more popular point and shoot cameras have the smaller sensors. It's only about 5 mm wide and 4 mm high. Your camera has one of the smallest sensors in use (1/2.7"), so the challenge will be greater for you. The lens on required to cover that angle of view is an ACTUAL 6-17 mm zoom lens. At these focal lengths, the background is going to almost always be in pretty sharp focus.
In other words, if you WANT to defocus the background, you are going to have to work pretty hard at it. You would have to zoom to the longer end of the lens and set the aperture open as wide as it will go, if your camera even allows you to control the aperture, and get pretty close to your main subject while having the background a fair distance away.
The bigger the sensor, the easier it will be to achieve pleasing bokeh. This means moving to a dSLR, which all have sensors about 20 times bigger than the typical P&S digicam. If you want to really go for brokeh (very bad pun intended), you can get a Canon 5D and you will get exactly the same effect you are accustomed to in a 35 mm camera, since the sensor is the same size as 35 mm film.
2007-09-06 00:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is difficult to get effects with out using a MANUAL CAMERA with F stops and shutter speeds. You can control what or how much is in focus using a Large lens opening. This will give you a very small area in sharp focus. Also, using a longer then normal lens will also help make a portrait Eyes in focus and the ears slightly fuzzy and anything in the background will be fussy...
You need differen't equipment to do differen't things.........MONEY.
2007-09-07 00:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Sam is right on the mark. Welcome to the world of small sensors, wide lenses, and lots of DOF.
If your camera has a macro mode, (the icon is a little flower), then you will probably get some selective focus while using macro. But that will only work for taking pictures of objects a few inches away from the lens.
2007-09-06 08:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋