Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market
by c7b on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:21AM
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I for one am quite glad that modern AI-powered cameras have increasingly less blur on their images. I know that focusing on one depth is how physical lenses (including our eyes) work, I know that it can be an artistic tool. But for most of my photos, I don't care and I'd rather not have it. If I can get a 'tourist' picture of me and some monument, and have both well visible, I'd prefer that over the 'correct' way of being focused on only one. If I want to put an artistic touch on my photos, I'll use an app that gives me blurs and a million other options, but I'd prefer to have an unblurry version to start from.
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Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market
by appletrotter on Friday December 02, 2022 @11:45AM
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> I'd prefer that over the 'correct' way of being focused on only one.
I don't see how that's more 'correct,' by anyone's definition. It's pretty common to go for wider depth of field for landscapes and a lot of portraits.
Re:Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market
by _visgean on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:18PM
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You can just use higher f number.
> If I want to put an artistic touch on my photos, I'll use an app that gives me blurs and a million other options
most of them wont do it correctly. You need to have full understanding of the debpth to do it which does not seem to work well. E.g look at the edges of the articifical bokeh usually the subject wont be separated properly..