DOF Depth Of Field - Photography & Filmmaking Tutorial 15

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In this tutorial I explain what is depth of field and how you can control it. Also I break the old myth that a larger image sensor in your camera equals a smaller depth of field.

Please leave any questions you may have in the comment box below.

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• how to
• framing
• portrait photography
• camera lens
• how to take
• depth of field
• shallow
• narrow
• deep
• wide
• film look
• cinematography
• tips
• tricks

[1141Studios]

Tom, great tutorials. I just picked up a cannon hfs 100. I consider it a semi pro camera, with many manual functions, and full 1080! Have you ever worked with this camera?

[polcan99]

@1141Studios nope sorry

[Karradaguy]

Couldn't you have made this tutorial in the carribean? Poor guy was freezing his ass off while you experimented with all the variations!

[polcan99]

@Karradaguy lol... i know... i was also freezing! :) next time i'll pick better weather

[Gonamez]

Dude you seem to cover everything in film making! Good work, and thanks!

[polcan99]

@Gonamez thank YOU!

[mVisualProductions]

I'm using a nikon d3100 with 35mm F/1.8G lens. Since this is a prime lens is it possible to have a WIDER Depth of field to have everything in Focus with these lens? Since the aperture is lockedto 1.8g what would you suggest to have everything in focus?

[GabrieliusRiauba]

dude your tutorials are really helpful!

[polcan99]

@djxclusivswiss Yup... I think the 7D and 60D are actually better for video than 5D. 5D was just simply the first good DLSR video camera but now there's other better options out there

[KronikalProductions]

@deathschuck Move back, zoom in and focus on the subject.

[filmsourcefilms]

would you suggest someone to buy the cam your using vs a dslr or does your camera have rolling shutter problems?

[jkeep31895]

@kazikpl6 can't really..

[deathschuck]

i have a sony hdr cx 130 , its not really a prof cam , does anyone know how can i have a narrow depth of field with this camera , i have no control over the aperture , and i cant change the lens , all i can do is use the zoom , and change my distance , cuz i feel what ever i try to do it will still give me a wide depth of field which i dont want !

[ssherron1]

This was probably the best depth of field tutorial I have watched on Youtube. Thanks.

[bodytemple]

Dude I love you...for real!!!! I been trying to understand DOF for the last year or so n its been a struggle was going to pick up a 5D to go with my 60D & 7D just so I can have better DOF but seeing this I really don't have to...this is getting saved to my phone..right now at 6:02am...lol

[helladatguy]

04:02 a lens that can what? ahah jk. good info though

[sleepingbeaglevideos]

Great tut! I came across this great DOF calculator from Digital Rebellion webapps/ dof_calc.html It lets you input your camera type and all the variables to get your Depth of field!

It is online and free! Keep up the good work!

[mx3q]

you said my name is tomatoes hahaha

[kazikpl6]

how i can get DOF using a kodak zi8?????

[djxclusivswiss]

thnx very much for this tutorial and spesificly on the explanation on the camera sensor in regads to DOF. This gonna save me some money considering that i'll rather buy the 7D or 60D instead of 5D

[eugyne0909]

thanks for sharing....

[myneckhurts88]

keep making these awesome tutorials

[HumbleNinja77]

Thanks man! I found this tutorial helpful as I am learning to master my 60D

[FollowingAutumn]

Hi Tom - great video - the one thing you didn't mention/explain was when you had to back up to frame your subject with the cropped sensor camera to approximate the same framing of the full-frame sensor camera, that not only does the depth of field decrease slightly, but that THE BACKGROUND LOOKS VISIBLY CLOSER. Can you explain why this effect occurs? Is there a way to get closer to the overall look of a full frame sensor camera with a cropped sensor one? Just trying to figure it all out! THX!