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Um, yeah, sort of, as a rule of thumb, but...beetleman wrote:if you drop the ISO down, it blurs the background more
I can't resist pointing out that in Tv mode, what you'll actually be setting is shutter speed. It's the camera that will be setting f/2.8 or f/4 or whatever, in response, to maintain the overall exposure.Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:Probably the smartest way to get a shallow DOF ... is to use Tv mode ... and set something like f/2.8 or f/4 or f/4.5 (as you've done here).
Brain death on my part! Rik is correct.rjlittlefield wrote:I can't resist pointing out that in Tv mode, what you'll actually be setting is shutter speed. It's the camera that will be setting f/2.8 or f/4 or whatever, in response, to maintain the overall exposure.Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:Probably the smartest way to get a shallow DOF ... is to use Tv mode ... and set something like f/2.8 or f/4 or f/4.5 (as you've done here).![]()
All these strategies will get you to the same place, of course. Even the routes won't differ very much.![]()
--Rik
Well, that seems a bit extreme.Mike B in OKlahoma wrote:Brain death on my part!