Bridge camera ?
Jun 14, 2012 16:39:14 #
I just read that one cannot take a photo of a subject and blur the background using a bridge camera. The article was written in 2011.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
Jun 14, 2012 17:01:14 #
Jun 14, 2012 17:19:30 #
False!
Here's one I took several years ago, with a Kodak DX7590.
http://princesonly.net/SMF/gallery/1_09_06_12_5_13_02.jpeg
Here's one I took several years ago, with a Kodak DX7590.
http://princesonly.net/SMF/gallery/1_09_06_12_5_13_02.jpeg
Jun 14, 2012 17:22:37 #
All 'blur' really means is out of focus. Set the aperture wide enough and the background on any photo will be blurred and I have plenty of shots from my old Canon S3-IS to prove it.
What you might not get is the attractive and pleasing type of blur that is often referred to as 'bokeh'. The type of blurring you get in a photograph is dependent on the camera settings and the lens. SLR lenses, especially fast primes, seem to produce it better than other types of lenses.
What you might not get is the attractive and pleasing type of blur that is often referred to as 'bokeh'. The type of blurring you get in a photograph is dependent on the camera settings and the lens. SLR lenses, especially fast primes, seem to produce it better than other types of lenses.
Jun 14, 2012 19:38:53 #
Hi,
I also was using a Canon S3. I took some photos of you just bowl of seashells on our coffee table. I placed the camera on aperture priority and set the f-stop at 2.7. From what I understand the shutter will open fully. The camera shake also begin showing up.
Behind the coffee table is our sofa with pillows on it. Nothing was blurry behind the tray. I am assuming that maybe I had better get an SLR although I don't want to. I love that blurred effect behind a subject.
I am planning on getting a new camera but I don't enjoy having to carry lenses around with me. I can't hold something very heavy out in front of my face for my heart goes into afib and tachycardia. I was looking at the Panasonic FZ150 because it is so fast. Decisions decisions decisions!
I also was using a Canon S3. I took some photos of you just bowl of seashells on our coffee table. I placed the camera on aperture priority and set the f-stop at 2.7. From what I understand the shutter will open fully. The camera shake also begin showing up.
Behind the coffee table is our sofa with pillows on it. Nothing was blurry behind the tray. I am assuming that maybe I had better get an SLR although I don't want to. I love that blurred effect behind a subject.
I am planning on getting a new camera but I don't enjoy having to carry lenses around with me. I can't hold something very heavy out in front of my face for my heart goes into afib and tachycardia. I was looking at the Panasonic FZ150 because it is so fast. Decisions decisions decisions!
Jun 14, 2012 19:40:29 #
I agree the statement is FALSE. I have done some with my Fuji bridge camera.
Jun 14, 2012 20:04:56 #
DSLR, bridge or point&shoot cameras, if they have manual settings for apeture and shutter speed, you most certainly can blur the background. If the camera has a "portrait mode" the camera will blurr the background for you.
Jun 14, 2012 21:48:10 #
donrent wrote:
Oh really !
The difference is that you won't get the same quality of blur with the smaller camera as you will a DSLR and the small sensor DSLR's won't produce the same quality blur as will the full sensor cameras. Here is pretty good blur from my crop canon, but I was using a medium telephoto macro lens with a very shallow depth of field.
Jun 14, 2012 23:22:05 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
The difference is that you won't get the same quality of blur with the smaller camera as you will a DSLR and the small sensor DSLR's won't produce the same quality blur as will the full sensor cameras. Here is pretty good blur from my crop canon, but I was using a medium telephoto macro lens with a very shallow depth of field.
Right...a DSLR gives you more incraments to adjust shutter and apeture than a bridge also depends where the lens is set at.donrent wrote:
Oh really !
The difference is that you won't get the same quality of blur with the smaller camera as you will a DSLR and the small sensor DSLR's won't produce the same quality blur as will the full sensor cameras. Here is pretty good blur from my crop canon, but I was using a medium telephoto macro lens with a very shallow depth of field.
Jun 14, 2012 23:31:26 #
Three questions:
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
Jun 14, 2012 23:45:07 #
Greggie wrote:
Three questions:
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
One thing that you can do to find one that you like is to check out the websites for the cameras that you would like and go from there. Canon.com, Nikon.com and so on. This way you can see what they have for cameras. You can also check out B&H and also adorama.
Jun 14, 2012 23:53:32 #
Greggie wrote:
I just read that one cannot take a photo of a subject and blur the background using a bridge camera. The article was written in 2011.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
First I would dispose of or delete what ever you were reading. Any camera that lets you select the Aperture, can provide a blurry background providing you either select the correct aperture. I have had a bridge camera since before 2010.
Jun 15, 2012 00:13:42 #
Greggie wrote:
Three questions:
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
1 How do you know whether a DSLR camera has a small or large sensor?
2. What is a crop camera?
3. Are there SLR cameras that are almost as small as a bridge, but not to heavy if a 300 mm lenses is used?
I thought I might get a small SLR and just two Lenses so I can take landscape, bird, and macro photos. Everything I read tells me bridge cameras are not as good as digital SLR cameras.
Here is a link to an article that explains pretty well Depth of Field and how the different sensor sizes and the lenses on the smaller cameras effect it. Hope that this helps.
http://photo.net/learn/optics/dofdigital/
Jun 15, 2012 01:02:25 #
Depth of field depends on 4 things..
Size of camera sensor..
Type of lens (prime or telly).
Distance from camera to subject.
Aperture setting..
Size of camera sensor..
Type of lens (prime or telly).
Distance from camera to subject.
Aperture setting..
Jun 15, 2012 01:41:27 #
Greggie wrote:
I just read that one cannot take a photo of a subject and blur the background using a bridge camera. The article was written in 2011.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
It stated only an slr can do this. Appreciate comments.
Horse feathers! Use a wide aperture and careful focusing. Whoever wrote thar article never saw a bridge, not even the ones in Arizona.
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