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I think some of the recent phones also have software bokeh - just dial home for a bit of softness....
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Yes, software bokeh is normal in smartphones these days, but I think it's a first in a system camera.
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10-13-2019, 03:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-13-2019, 03:16 PM by Klaus.)
It has no software bokeh after all. 'Bokeh control' is merely about the aperture setting.
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(10-14-2019, 06:34 AM)davidmanze Wrote: (10-13-2019, 03:16 PM)Klaus Wrote: It has no software bokeh after all. 'Bokeh control' is merely about the aperture setting.
Thank heaven for small mercies !!
I strongly believe that this is the future.
I don't care about how the background blur is achieved. I do care about the costs and size/weight of my gear though. If you can get the same or better bokeh with a kit zoom lens than with a 85/1.4 - what's wrong with that?
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For something to work, people must be interested, Canon introduced dual pixel raw, allowing some editing of the bokeh, I am not talking about post shot focus but about bein able to change bokeh quality, nobody cared about it....
Software bokeh can be achieved in the RAW converter on post processing yet we are not seeing it automated, we still need to do masking and apply filters to have it
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In theory you are right. However, I don't think that the PD AF sensor information are stored in RAW. I'm talking about all of them (e.g. the X-T30 has 425 AF spots). The information could be used to determine the amount of local blur.
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