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Old 05-14-2008, 03:04 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by i like rice View Post
Longer focal length, larger aperture. You're limited by the lenses that you have. A longer prime lens, such as the 50 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8, will all give you good separation from the focal point & the background. This is why I use my 70 200 lens more often than the 16 35.
Well im using the kit lens right now. What I notice is that to get a good sharp focus and blurred background I have to be fairly close to the subject (with a 18-55 that means right next to it) and what happens then is I sometimes get a bit of distortion in the corners. I know that im not using the camera to it's full potential yet, I am only shooting on M mode, havent really played with the others, and there is a "depth of field" button near the lens that I have no idea what to use for.
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