Blurred backgrounds with a Nikon P610

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
@rahulborele

Just had a PM from a new member asking how I get out of focus backgrounds with my P610,the simple answer is most of the time I dont.
Getting out of focus back grounds with a P610 is difficult because the small sensor gives the illusion of more depth of field,so a larger area of your picture is in focus.
This isnt something I can cover in a PM so thought I would start this thread with some example images and a brief explanation.


OOFB (out of focus backgrounds) are achieved most of the time by using the widest possible aperture (the lowest f number) and having the subject a distance from the background.
Now depending on your camera (sensor size) that distance will be more or less,when ime using my D7200 with its DX sensor the subject can be closer to the back ground than it can with my P610,the other main contributing factors are,the closer your subject is to the camera and the longer your lens focal length is will both reduce DOF (the area of your image that looks sharp).


With your P610 you will need to select f3.3 have the lens at the longest focal length (zoomed out)and then move as close to the subject as you can,some times even this will not work but its the best a bridge camera can do.


Here is a example with a great OOFB but the background was about 30ft away

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Or you can go for a clutter free background

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rahulborele

New member
Thanks Mikew for creating special thread for me, my friends said me return Nikon P610 to amazon ang get canon 1200D i am confuse i dont know what can i do after some months of saving pocket money Rs. 19000/- and get Nikon P610 and feeling very tired for seeing features i am unable to change ISO , after one click it gets more time to take next click i searc on you tube tutorial but not found what i want. manual has no detail info.

Plz suggest me what can i do can i go with canon or stay with NIKON P610
 
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mikew_RIP

Senior Member
Thanks Mikew for creating special thread for me, my friends said me return Nikon P610 to amazon ang get canon 1200D i am confuse i dont know what can i do after some months of saving pocket money Rs. 19000/- and get Nikon P610 and feeling very tired for seeing features i am unable to change ISO , after one click it gets more time to take next click i searc on you tube tutorial but not found what i want. manual has no detail info.

Plz suggest me what can i do can i go with canon or stay with NIKON P610


Sorry your not getting what you want from your camera,its not a Nikon thing its the way bridge cameras work,you could solve it by buying Canon or you could buy a Nikon D3200,they are both DSLRs and would work the way you want,the down side to both of them is you would not have the lens range you have now without buying extra lenses,even if you bought extra lenses to get the telephoto effect you get with the P610 would require expensive lenses.
You should be able to change the ISO,there will be more of a delay between taking pictures on a bridge camera than a DSLR.
You dont say what sort of pictures you like to take but if your money is limited you may be better keeping what you have and learning a bit more about how to get over the shortcomings.
 
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