Is it possible to create the blurry background effect when shooting people at, say, 15 feet away? Using my DSC H7? What kind of lens would I need to add?
I know they have the Sony telephoto lens in their store, but will that do the trick? I got the impression from various forums that you *must* use telephoto lens at the camera’s maximum zoom. But that’s way too zoomed-in for regular portrait shots. I also read somewhere that telephoto is useless if you’re not going to use the extra zoom…
The other reason I like telephoto is because it reduces wide angle distortion, but you have to stand farther away (which I’m willing to do, to some extent).
So…anyone know anything about background blur using add-on lens? Increasing aperture only helps create a blur when shooting very close objects (i.e. macro mode).
by the way, i’m willing to buy an adapter if I need to attach a different size lens; for example, one that was designed for the H1 / H3 / H5. But the mm numbers just confuse me.
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