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11/01/2005 01:49:26 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by AJAger:
Originally posted by bear_music:
What this guy's done is devise a way of recording the totality of the information projected by the lens, so that the choice of plane-of-focus can be made after the fact. Note that in none of his images does the depth of field change; that's still dependent upon the aperture used.
Robt. |
Perhaps the DOF issue could also be handled by blending images in post as well. |
Therte's already software for this, I can't remember the name of it offhand but it exists. Remarkable stuff. Plus there's software for defining an arbitrary plane of sharpness and "realistically" blurring in front of and behind that plane. I wish I could remember these names...
Robt. |
What I actually meant was that images could be shot at a large aperture, to keep shutter speed up, and multiple images could be combined later to create greater depth of field.
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11/01/2005 01:51:15 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by AJAger:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by AJAger:
Originally posted by bear_music:
What this guy's done is devise a way of recording the totality of the information projected by the lens, so that the choice of plane-of-focus can be made after the fact. Note that in none of his images does the depth of field change; that's still dependent upon the aperture used.
Robt. |
Perhaps the DOF issue could also be handled by blending images in post as well. |
Therte's already software for this, I can't remember the name of it offhand but it exists. Remarkable stuff. Plus there's software for defining an arbitrary plane of sharpness and "realistically" blurring in front of and behind that plane. I wish I could remember these names...
Robt. |
What I actually meant was that images could be shot at a large aperture, to keep shutter speed up, and multiple images could be combined later to create greater depth of field. |
Yeah, got it; that's the OTHER software I can't remember. The "DOF Generator" is the second bundle, and peripheral to your suggestion of course.
R.
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11/01/2005 05:17:01 PM · #28 |
With this changing of focus after the exposure thing nothing is really being done for you. You still have to later decide where you want your plane of focus-- clicking a mouse may be just as "skill-less" a task as twisting a ring on a lens.
Operating a camera isn't where the skill comes in on photography. Anyone can push buttons and twist rings, but making the decisions on what to push and twist is the skill-- whether you do this before or after the exposure.
I can prove this as well. Just give me this so-called super camera and I'll show you the awful pictures I will take!
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11/02/2005 02:17:26 AM · #29 |
To be "fair", in photojournalism, widlife, and sports especially one of the things that separates the pros from the wannabes is the ability to instantly select a point of focus that works in a rapidly changing photographic environment. It's a skill that comes from long practice, and some never are able to acquire it.
I suspect that those who are looking askance at this development are feeling that this newfound ability to shift focal points is going to denature that skill level and make it irrelevant. And I can understand where they are cdoming from, but...
I'm pretty sure that if a high-end, rapid-shooting dSLR came out from Nikon or Canon with this feature included, every working pro in these fields would want to have one. I can say from my own experience that I've lost SO many shots that almost made it due to slightly-off focus on telephoto action.
Robt.
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