Blurred Background

XeFx309 · Post by **XeFx309** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:12 am

I want to achieve the effect used in high-budget movies, where the camera can focus in one on thing, and blur the rest. Such as a blurred background, with the focus of the camera on a person. How can I achieve this? Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:12 pm

zoom in , back the camera off and focus until you get the result... also you can get this attachment for i think the dvx100a ill post a pic of what it looks like

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:29 pm

No idea what you're talking about, I guess you just manually focus.

Kentertainment · Post by **Kentertainment** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:47 pm

This is called, "Depth of Field" and is mostly achieved with using a Telephoto Lens. The lens generally brings the background closer towards the camera and it puts it out of focus. This is harder to achieve on a consumer camcorder, when you watch a movies, "Making of feature" you'll notice somebody is measuring the distance from the camera to the actor, this is so theyc an set the focal length to where they want the most focus attention.

Generally to do this with a consumer camcorder you need to:
-light what is being focused on more than anything else.
-purchase a telephoto lens (so you can zoom farther)
-Zoom in more on the object in focus
-and possibly buy a boom mic if dialoge is needed (your camcorder is going to be too far)

maj_barnes · Post by **maj_barnes** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:45 pm

Yea, the best thing to do is to just stand back and zoom in alot. It works great for me.

I was about 4 feet away.

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:06 am

Or you can buy one of those nifty 35mm adapters.

Zacatac927 · Post by **Zacatac927** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:23 am

ALove wrote:Or you can buy one of those nifty 35mm adapters.

thats what i was talking about...

Do you all like my picture???... took me about 5 mins.... heh

Trochaic · Post by **Trochaic** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:09 am

Unless you are using film, you have need zoom out, put on manual focus, then focus in. It also helps if your ccd is large.

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:24 am

The cheapest 35mm adapter I know of for commercial sale is the Letus35, avalible from http://www.adapterplace.com/. If you're feeling adventureous though, check out the Alternitive Imaging section on DVinfo.net and learn to build your own for up to about 50 bucks.

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:04 am

Modern camcorders are designed to make everything in focus if possible.

Manual stuff was much easier back in the day!