Help with Depth of field manual settings...

hello mga cgpeeps masters of photography...i'm new in photography, i just bought me new CANON EOS 500D DSLR, i just want to ask your opinion regarding the best setting for taking a close up photo of a subject...best aperture, shutter speed and iso speed for indoor and outdoor...i want the one with a blurry background and a sharp image of the subject....thanks po in advance...

merry christmas po sa inyong lahat at manigong bagong taon

for headshots for example, go for f2.8, 30secs at least. you will start losing bokeh when you set to f4, f5 onwards. if your hand is not stable, set to a faster shutter speed. start with the lowest iso possible to keep the noise minimal.

why you want to set to bigger aperture (f1.8-2.8) is to get bokeh.

why you want to set to a faster shutter speed (1/100sec-1/200sec) is to freeze moving subjects.

why you want to increase iso (800-1600) is to compensate for underexposure (dark images) but with the expense of noise.

tutik wrote:for headshots for example, go for f2.8, 30secs at least. you will start losing bokeh when you set to f4, f5 onwards. if your hand is not stable, set to a faster shutter speed. start with the lowest iso possible to keep the noise minimal.

why you want to set to bigger aperture (f1.8-2.8) is to get bokeh.

why you want to set to a faster shutter speed (1/100sec-1/200sec) is to freeze moving subjects.

why you want to increase iso (800-1600) is to compensate for underexposure (dark images) but with the expense of noise.

thanks po sir tutik sa mga tips, will work on it later hehehe excited na ako...i also find sir kamrender's tips useful...depth of field table niya for newbies...sarap talagang maging cgpinoy...

just go to this link

http://www.cgpinoy.org/t4642-depth-of-field-table

render master wrote:just go to this link

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sir render master salamat po sa link na ito very useful po!