Can a Bridge Cam Do depth of field?

[Oby1kenoby]

Yes or no, Can a Bridge Cam Do Depth of field and a Fixed Focus? or Should I focus more on a DSLR camera?

 

[kanewolf]

To answer that I need a better definition (or examples) of a "Bridge Cam" ...

 

[13thmonkey]

and what do you mean by can it do depth of field.
if you mean will there be out of focus areas in front of and behind the focal plane, then yes, that's just physics.
Can you control it, if you can control the aperture settings and can get a very wide open setting, f1.4-2.8 then yes you can achieve some DoF effects.
Can you ask the camera to maintain a DoF, depends on the camera.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Which bridge camera specifically?

Depth of field (bokeh) is very dependent on the size of the camera's sensor and the speed of the lens aperture. Most bridge cameras have the same sized sensor as compact cameras (1/2.3), but there are those which have APS-C and full-frame sensors, just like SLRs.

 

[Oby1kenoby]

yessss? um, I want to have full control over the Depth of field, eg. Blur everything further away than 15 feet.
Im new to this stuff...

Im planing to buy this cam. http/www.hificorp.co.za/canon-d-cam-powershot-xs410-blk

And Im planing to use it mostly in Videos...

And any other sugestions To Affordable cameras that can acctually do the Fixed focus thingy?

 

[Oby1kenoby]

But It it Should have control over the focus point....
Something like this, but only in a video...

 

[Oby1kenoby]

http/www.picturecorrect.com/tips/dslr-vs-bridge-camera/


The Def.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

That camera has a 1/2.3 sensor and slow aperture lens, so bokeh is out of the question unfortunately, even for video.

 

[Oby1kenoby]

Any Suggestions?
that do have the focus thingy?
An that is affordable?




http/www.hificorp.co.za/samsung-d-cam-wb1100 Is this any better?

 

[Oby1kenoby]

Under $200

 

[Oby1kenoby]

AH! IM SOLD! https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQVw6-F57UY

Is it good or can I get a better one for the same price