Re: DOF & Stereo

[Stephen Kearney <neff123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It's much more than USEFUL... it's mandatory. I don't know if you've 
>ever looked at an entire roll of images with soft backgrounds... 
>but after looking at the first three or four I'm sure you'll agree 
>that it's not acceptable.

Sorry I can't agree. A shallow DOF can give pleasing results, with the
right subject. I'm not saying every picture should be shot at f/3.5, mind
you.

Regardless, a P&S camera may not give you manual aperature control but that
doesn't mean you won't have depth in your shots. Its program will make a
choice of shutter speed and aperature that will probaly be fairly close to
what you would have chosen under the same conditions, unless you tend to
shoot at 1/30th of a second to get more DOF. My P&S seems to like
reasonable aperatures, around f/8, and will use them when it can.

I'll say again that a twin P&S rig is not a replacement for a Realist. It
offers light weight, quick shooting, hyperstereo, and full frame format. If
you are looking for a 'Super Realist' then twin SLRs are the only option,
IMHO.

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Stephen Kearney : neff123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~neff123


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