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Old 01-01-2010, 10:36 AM   #508
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Originally Posted by Darrell View Post
Perfect sense. Will I lose that cool blur of the background though if I raise the F stop?
It depends on how much you raise the number (which lets in less light), it depends on the lens, and it depends on other compositional factors. But generally, yes -- as you raise the f-stop, depth of field increases and that background blur (called bokeh [click the link]) goes down.
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