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Shallow depth-of-field on video (part 2)

Shallow depth-of-field on video (part 2)

Building a 35mm DOF adapter

The task of making a usable 35mm DOF adapter is simple yet contrived. The actual crafting offers little challenge, it is the design and the selection of appropriate components that makes it both interesting and complex.

After reading all I could find on this topic I realised that this is a type [...]

Shallow depth-of-field on video (part 1)

One of the important visual differences between something shot on video and something shot on film is the different depth-of-field (DOF). So how exactly can we make a camcorder exhibit a shorter DOF?