Smartphone Depth of Field
Discussions focus on limitations of depth of field, focus control, and exposure settings on smartphone cameras compared to DSLRs and mirrorless, including fixed apertures, manual modes, and computational photography alternatives.
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Is my intuition right that this is not achievable on a smartphone due to the limited/fixed apertures?
Turn it to manual focus and set the focus and depth of field appropriately?
Why not just use a normal camera and focus it right the first time?
You need to be able to change only shutter speed or ISO, while holding aperture constant. That's not a problem for phones, because they're almost always fixed aperture anyway. And of course any DSLR or mirrorless camera can do it. But some point-and-shoot cameras won't have this capability, they'll want to be fully automatic, not giving the photographer that specific control.
Wouldn't that preclude using facial recognition for setting focus and exposure though (which has been a thing for years)?
Does this also work for macro shots, like a landscape? all the examples are focused on specific objects
Or the fstop, focal length, & stuff.
Actually not sure if the focal length prevents this, if so very exciting
Filmic pro is pretty good and supports manual focus and selecting which camera to use
Wouldn't a wide-angle lens on the camera address many of your concerns?