This example shows the same image shot with deep depth of field (top), and shallow depth of field (bottom). In the lower image with the soft background, the depth of field is about two or three ...

There are lots of different filmmaking terms out there that get tossed around in articles and meetings. It can be hard to keep track of all of them.

The smaller the aperture you set, the more depth of field you get and the more of your shot appears in focus. So on a typical zoom, a narrow aperture of f/22 will keep more of the shot in focus ...

Someone realised that if you first projected your image onto a ground glass screen – say, the screen you might find inside a 35mm SLR film camera - then re-filmed it onto video, something magical ...

Depth of field is a key aspect of image quality in DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, and mastering it is essential to getting the look you want in your images. Here's what you need to know to achieve ...

There’s certainly valid reasons to want to have shallow depth-of-field, as filmmaker Stu Maschwitz wrote on his blog: “With a 5D Mark II, its sensor double the size of a motion picture film frame, we ...

The quality has all but been taken care of with the latest phone-cams, but there’s one problem common to all point-and-shoots: Their tremendous depth-of-field. A patent from \[…\] Skip to main ...

On most modern dSLRs there is another button that is usually dedicated to depth-of-field preview. Depth of field, or DOF, is the range between areas in an image that look sharp.

This is what's called deep depth of field and shallow depth of field. Find out how to take full control of this in-camera photography effect and answer any lingering questions you may have. Skip ...