Depth of Field Illustration

[CadrePilot]

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[CadrePilot]

And more in depth:

Understanding Depth of Field in Photography

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[Meta4]

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This has very little relevance to drone flyers.
To start with, most drone cameras have a fixed aperture that can't be changed.
The only DJI consumer drone camera with a controllable aperture is the wide camera of the Mavic 3 pro, but it has lots of depth of field at any aperture.
Even with that camera, to see any change in DoF, you would have to be much closer to your subject than you ever when flying a drone.

 

[Ralph thompson]

Meta4, think u meant all Mavic 3 class drones.

 

[platty]

Thanks for sharing that.

 

[CadrePilot]

Meta4, think u meant all Mavic 3 class drones.

And the Mavic 2 Pro, right?

 

[MavicFlyer2]

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Interesting clip showing the difference's between the setting's that a person can set.

 

[Meta4]

Interesting clip showing the difference's between the setting's that a person can set.

But completely irrelevant to drone photography.
It's showing a 50 mm f1.4 lens on a full-frame SLR camera, with the subject about 1 ft or 0.3 metres from the lens.
Only one current DJI consumer camera has a controllable aperture.
That's the wide camera of the Mavic 3 series and it has tons of depth of field at any aperture
Plus no-one is using their drone to shoot a subject that's onlt 0.3 metres away.

 

[MavicFlyer2]

But completely irrelevant to drone photography.
It's showing a 50 mm f1.4 lens on a full-frame SLR camera, with the subject about 1 ft or 0.3 metres from the lens.
Only one current DJI consumer camera has a controllable aperture.
That's the wide camera of the Mavic 3 series and it has tons of depth of field at any aperture
Plus no-one is using their drone to shoot a subject that's onlt 0.3 metres away.

I totally agree and not on my drone....I just thought the animation was interesting showing the differences between f2.8 to I think f16 and how it changes the FOV.

 

[CadrePilot]

But completely irrelevant to drone photography.
It's showing a 50 mm f1.4 lens on a full-frame SLR camera, with the subject about 1 ft or 0.3 metres from the lens.
Only one current DJI consumer camera has a controllable aperture.
That's the wide camera of the Mavic 3 series and it has tons of depth of field at any aperture
Plus no-one is using their drone to shoot a subject that's onlt 0.3 metres away.

Ok. I see what you're saying.

That kinda sucks. It would be valuable artistic tool if we could control depth of field.

 

[GFields]

And the Mavic 2 Pro, right?

Any drone that does NOT have a fixed aperture.

 

[MS Coast]

Any drone that does NOT have a fixed aperture.

I think he was pointing out that the Mavic 2 Pro also has an adjustable aperture, f/2.8–f/11.

 

[GFields]

I think he was pointing out that the Mavic 2 Pro also has an adjustable aperture, f/2.8–f/11.

Yes perhaps. But the same is true with other drones that have variable apertures. Thus, my reply.

 

[MS Coast]

Yes perhaps. But the same is true with other drones that have variable apertures. Thus, my reply.

Sorry, I misread/misinterpreted your comment as "does NOT have variable aperture."

 

[GFields]

Sorry, I misread/misinterpreted your comment as "does NOT have variable aperture."

No problem