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Stopping Time (Visually)

Stopping Time (Visually)

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

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

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?