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Is it just me or does anyone get annoyed when the camera shots are in close up and there's like a tiny window of focus and the rest of the shot is blurry! Why can't the whole shot of the close up be in focus?

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They do that for a reason. They want to put emphasis on one part of the product.

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What part would that be? Half a blade of the fan? Don't get me wrong, I love Linus' content but I'm sure it could be done better with a lot more clarity though.

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narrower aperture --> win.
The thing is, I think that the wide one is intended.
While I think it looks bad in a still, It looks ok in a video where the focus is being shifted.

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Its a macro lens.

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Its a macro lens.

 

Because that's not how macro lenses work

That is no excuse. You could place the product in a way that all of it is in focus at once.

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That is no excuse. You could place the product in a way that all of it is in focus at once.

I personally don't mind it. I use to do some videography as a hobby and its something that is used a lot in product reviews/showcases.

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too much aperture i find it stupid and annoying as well 

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Longer focal length lenses shot close up will result in very shallow DOF, you may even reach the minimum aperture (with a lot of lighting power) and still have a very narrow focal plane, this is why some stills photographers have to resort to a technique known as "focus stacking".

 

This may just be a limitation of the lens if shot at the minimum aperture, you could stand further back with an even longer focal length lens to fill the frame with the object and sufficiently compress the background, but I am guessing that the room isn't big enough.

 

Or perhaps this is the desired effect, which I don't think looks that bad, the person operating the camera appears to be pulling focus while panning/tilting, probably to highlight certain parts of the product.

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http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/05/16/apertures-photography-cheat-sheet-when-to-go-small-and-when-to-go-wide/

Dunno if the same goes for videocameras, but I agree that it's annoying

Luckily it's not that often

 

I hope Mr. Linus and his team is watching but I prefer the narrow aperture. You can put emphasis on the subject and still have a clear close up shot! Thanks Salmiakbal for the link!

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I hope Mr. Linus and his team is watching but I prefer the narrow aperture. You can put emphasis on the subject and still have a clear close up shot! Thanks Salmiakbal for the link!

 

I think you also have to take into consideration the super 35 sensor on the fs700, larger sensor = shallower DOF, there are limitations.

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