How do you record with the background blurred?
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Christopher Johnson
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I think it's the camera feature that enables this. I wouldn't be able to tell you if your camera does this, better off looking on google for the answer
MattyGreen
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Get a fixed focal point lens, that'll do it. Not sure which ones best, just remember my tutor telling me about them 
KidsCorner
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Put your F to a very low number, e.g. F4 or lower, if you have a zoomlens zoom in as far as possible and you'll have your effect. Either will do the trick.
E.g. A 50mm lens at F1.8 will have the effect, but 200mm at F5.6 will be fine too. Problem might be that you will become out of focus as well if you move too much to the front or back but play around with it.
Oh, don't sit with your back against your background, the more space the better.
E.g. A 50mm lens at F1.8 will have the effect, but 200mm at F5.6 will be fine too. Problem might be that you will become out of focus as well if you move too much to the front or back but play around with it.
Oh, don't sit with your back against your background, the more space the better.
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Jeeves
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Really? not to be rude but this is EXTREMELY simple. Set your F-Stop to f/4 or lower. f/2 or lower gives a really nice DOF. im a sucker for shallow DOF anyways. let there be space between you and the background. if you set your f stop low such as f/1.8, do not move to the camera or to the background much, or you will be out of focus.
KidsCorner
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Not to be rude but I think almost nobody will know how to do it unless they spend some time on understanding manual photography. At least I didn't know untill I got interested in it. Most people put it on auto and the camera does the rest.
ItsBecky
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well i must be stupid then because none of that made any sense to me lol, i admit i dont understand camera settings much, but thankyou everyone for your help
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my auto focus on my camera is actually terrible, it doesnt seem to focus on me at all unless im unflatteringly close to the camera, so i always have to put mine on manual focus, the only thing i really understand about my camera is the different modes, the zoom options and obviously how to record and take photos mention aperture and stuff and you have lost me entirely haha
KidsCorner
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It's confusing in the beginning. Give it a try though, turn some dials until you find the one where you see that F with a number is changing. Make the number as small as possible and make a picture with your object a bit further away from your background.well i must be stupid then because none of that made any sense to me lol, i admit i dont understand camera settings much, but thankyou everyone for your help
my auto focus on my camera is actually terrible, it doesnt seem to focus on me at all unless im unflatteringly close to the camera, so i always have to put mine on manual focus, the only thing i really understand about my camera is the different modes, the zoom options and obviously how to record and take photos mention aperture and stuff and you have lost me entirely haha
If your picture is completely white (over exposed), find the dial where it says 50, 60, etc going up. It indicates the time your shutter speed stays open. Making the number bigger will darken your image. This is good for photography but when you record a video you will have to keep it to 50 or 60 depending where you live (equal or double to the frame rate you pick for rendering your video). You can make your image darker with choosing a very low ISO value as well.
Hope this makes a little more sense!
ItsBecky
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yes that does actually thanks! things like this need to be broken down a lot into basic instructions for me haha!
KidsCorner
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Good, let us know if it worked, happy to give further assistance if you need it.