Can one obtain shallow depth of field with the camera, with the f/2.8 lens?
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Yes. Shoot wide open at f/2.8. At 4x zoom and longer it gives a pleasant background blur to portraits. Shoot over 4x for more blur.
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Yes (I have one). Search for FZ200 shallow depth of field for example images
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Depends what you mean by "shallow." You will get the most shallow depth of field by using Aperture priority ("A" on the dial) and then picking the largest aperture that gives you decent exposure. For most situations that'll be good enough...
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Not well quite simply. The maximum lens aperture is not a small enough f/stop number, you will lose autofocus and unless shooting in very bright light on high contrast subjects even manual focusing may be difficult.
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Yes you can, but, because the the 20mm F/2.8 is a full frame (fx) lens, and the D300 is a crop camera. You can certainly mount it on the D300, but you will not get the effects you get with a FX camera.
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At maximum aperture you will have the shallowest depth of field and the maximum light gathering. Both are affected by changing the aperture.
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My answer to this is to set the lens at F8 either with Aperture Priority or Manual Mode. Having the lens wide open at F 4.5 just doesn't give the best results IMO. The results of learning this lesson is in the early results of seeing soft images at the edges of the pictures and loss of sharpness. F8 makes all the difference with this lens at least for me.
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No I don't think so. If you put that lense on a camera that is not FULL frame, you just gain distance. If you put it on FULL frame, you get a good clear shot. I like the lens.
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It is not a "fixed" F/2.8. It is a "constant" F/2.8 which does not change when zoom from 24 to 70. It still has the smallest aperture of F/22 that you can use to gain all the DOF you want.
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No, you won't get really shallow depth of field with the 16-50 kit zoom or the DoF modifications available in the menu. But lay out $50 or less for an old manual focus 50mm f/1.4 or 1.8 and an adapter, focus it manually with the peak focus feature, and you'll get fine image quality with all the DoF control you could want, easily. It's beautiful.
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I also took a good look at the controls, and see no evidence of aperture/f-stop controls. As has been mentioned by others, you can adjust ISO and EV. If your goal is to change the depth of field, that's not very useful. The only options I can think of are to try the Background Defocus mode, or use software after the fact to change your depth of field. I don't currently have Photoshop, but I'd imagine it does a fine job of defocus. I do sometimes use Pixlr Express on Android. It does a nice job with background blur, very adjustable. Good luck!
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No, you cannot. F/2.8 is only available for objects that are far enough. For the closest objects (0.38m) it will be F/5.6.
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You are better off using live view. Why? At f/1.4 the depth of field is razor thin for portraits.
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at f2.8 it will be tough, since the DOF is pretty shallow, but you don't want to shoot portraits that wide open as they tend to be soft wide open on most lenses. if you want nice bokeh just increase the distance of your background behind your subject, while closing down the lens a few stops. but this lens should take sharp photos.
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It's actually very hard to get very shallow depth of field with P&S digital cameras because the sensor size is much smaller than in DSLRs (the APS-C size sensor in most DSLRs has about 10 times more surface than the 1/1.8" size sensor in most P&S cameras) - there's a whole theory behind this which includes circle of confusion calculations etc. - just realize that it's technically impossible to get the same result with the FZ28 (or any P&S camera with a similar size sensor) as you'd get with a full-blown DSLR. That being said, shoot in A mode with the widest aperture (smallest number), walk away from your subject and zoom in (you'll have to find the right balance between distance from your subject and zoom setting to get the image composition you want) - that'll at least get you a bit more background blur.
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Absolutely, the wide frame of view coupled with the low aperture should make it very simple to take photos in low light, provided you've got a camera that can handle the high iso!
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I'm not sure if I understand your concern of DOF issue with 1.8, but you can always change your aperture to 8~9 and it will show details of your back-ground. But If I were you I would take a 18-200mm instead. covering wide to fairly good zoom unless you are planning to do dark inside building pics. That's just my 2 cents.
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Yes. It gives you a more accurate view of depth of field wide open. Darkens slightly on f4 lenses but acceptable on my 6D.
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Pick up a lens with a low F stop. I have a Minolta Maxxum AF 50 mm f 1.7 on my alpha and I can take pictures without flash.