Comments on: Depth of Field: When Format Matters

By: Silverbased | Film Newbie: Loading & Shooting 120

Silverbased | Film Newbie: Loading & Shooting 120 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:11:41 +0000

[...] For those who want to dip a toe into shooting the real thing, there is much to recommend a basic Holga 120N camera. It’s cheap, widely available, and gives images with a distinctive dreamy flavor. And in general, any camera with the same large film format will give a noticeably different feeling from digital (something I’ve written about before). [...]

By: Silverbased | Bokeh: What it is and isn’t

Silverbased | Bokeh: What it is and isn’t — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:23:57 +0000

[...] effect, and have written about how to get it. And because many of today’s digital cameras limit your ability to achieve this look, a photo with shallow focus and a creamy blurred background will often attract many admiring [...]

By: Bill Bresler

Bill Bresler — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:08:45 +0000

Ah yes, what a shock it was… The first time I tried to make a portrait with my first digital (An Olympus C5050Z sold to me by the venerable Mike Myers way back in 2002.) I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t throw the background out of focus. It only took a few minutes to figure out, what with my 25+ years of photo experience. Hah!
Eventually I learned to apply gaussian blur to the background using Photoshop, but it feels like, and is, pure fakery.