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Old 05-03-2010, 12:52 AM
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Kirbinster is right - check out the DOF calculator - here is the link...its not only about the aperture.

Online Depth of Field Calculator
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:27 AM
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Your lens is as follows:
15x f3.5-5.4 27.6-414mm-equivalent lens.

So that means:
Zoomed all the way OUT @ 27.6mm you will have f3.5
Zoomed all the way IN (15X) @ 414mm you will have f5.4
As your MINIMUM f stops
The lowest you can go is f3.5 period.
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Old 05-03-2010, 10:48 PM
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ok ok wvcoalminer - I get it -not a very good camera lol - but my point and shoot one broke and it was a fuji finepix something or other and it was a good little camera - so I thought this one would be a 'step up' which in a way it is!! - eventually will get a better one when I learn how to use them!! - AND I will manage - god knows how to blur my background with it (even if I die trying lol) watch this space........

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Old 05-04-2010, 04:12 AM
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Look at the doF calculator - you can get a blurred background with your camera - put it in portrait mode... that might help...
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Thanks for the tip - will give it a try....fingers crossed lol
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