Silicon mirrors for scanning systems are characterized by high dynamic strength at low material costs. Including our high-performance High-Power coatings, we manufacture laser mirrors designed for the harsh conditions in industrial environments.Beryllium and silicon carbide mirrors offer the highest performance for scanning systems in terms of mechanical and dynamic properties. In combination with the High-Power coatings, the highest scanning speeds are realized in this way. These CO2 laser mirrors are ideally suited for industrial production, for example for marking.

Narrow your aperture by setting your camera to a large F-number. Then, move farther away from the subject and shorten the focal length.

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Widen your aperture by setting your camera to a smaller F-number. Move closer to the subject and extend your focal length.

The lens helps control the aperture capabilities of the camera. Lens with high magnification capability produces images with smaller DoF. This goes even with large F-stop settings. The longer the camera lens, the shallower the DoF.

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The High-Power laser mirrors from Pleiger Laseroptik convince with outstanding quality and are used in deflection units as well as for beam shaping. We manufacture quickly, tailor-made and with the highest quality standards.

In filmmaking and cinematography, depth of field gives filmmakers creative control over where the camera is focused on to direct what the audience sees in a scene. The technique helps set up an audience’s expectation in a specific part of the frame to elicit the right level of emotion and attention as the story unravels.

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On close-up shots, for example, the subject is more focused while the background is usually blurry. In macro photography, images usually have small depths of field. But in landscape shots, the depths of field are larger.

The distance of the subject will determine the depth of field of an image. Generally, the closer the subject is to the camera, the shallower the depth of field becomes. The further away the subject is to the camera, the deeper the depth of field becomes.

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A camera with a large F-stop has a large DoF. It will also require slower shutters speeds so more light enters the sensor, producing images with deeper depths of field. On the other hand, a camera with a small F-stop has faster shutter speeds so less light enters the sensor. This helps produce images with shallow depths of field.

Shallow depth highlights the main subject of the image by softening the background or putting it out of focus. This technique is usually applied in portraits. By blurring the background, the visual distractions are minimized, allowing observers to focus on the main subject of the scene.

There are many ways to determine a scene’s depth of field. You can either search for DoF charts for your lenses and camera online, download apps that calculate DoF for you, or use your camera’s DoF button for a preview of the image.

An image’s DoF is measured from the closest in-focus point to the farthest in-focus point. Depth of Field could either be deep or shallow.

The aperture setting ranges from f/1.8-f/64 and you have to use the right lens to capture different aperture ranges. A wider aperture (f/1.4, f/2, etc.) helps create a blurred or soft focus image. On the other hand, a narrower aperture (f/8, f/11, etc.) creates a deeper DoF, creates a sharply focused image.

Jasmine Katatikarn is the founder of Academy of Animated Art. She has 20+ years of experience in Feature Animation and VFX. Jasmine’s lighting credits include movies like Ice Age, Ferdinand, Peanuts, and Rio. Read more here.

Knowing how to sharpen or soften parts of your images is a great skill to master as an artist. With a shallow depth of field, you can bring the attention to the subject by separating it from the background. This technique is often used in wildlife photography, sports photography, and low light situations. But to focus as much of the scene in a frame, you’ll need maximum depth of field. This technique is often used in landscape photography to bring the viewers’ attention to the entire scene of the image, not just parts of it.

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Not all cameras come with a DoF button but newer ones now come with this standard feature. When using the DoF button, the image may appear darker through the eyepiece but once the image is exposed, the correct exposure settings will be applied.

Depth of Field is defined as the range of focus on a photograph or film. It is a basic technique that photographers, cinematographers, and camera operators use to create high-impact images that draw the audience’s attention.

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What’s the secret to creating unique, striking images with perfect backgrounds? When composing an image, you have to control the distance between the foreground and the background of the subject that’s in focus. This technique is called Depth of Field (DoF) and it is a powerful principle that separates good photographs from stunning, unforgettable images that look professionally done.

Copper mirrors are the ideal choice when you need the highest laser powers. They can be used for a wide variety of applications due to the high thermal conductivity of copper and the possibility of integrating cooling lines into the mirror. Both laser cutting and laser welding are easily possible with these laser mirrors. Copper mirrors as total reflectors for laser cutting offer highest reflection with excellent cooling possibilities with an internal or an external water cooling. You can choose between plano, spherical, aspherical, parabolic and toroidal variants. We manufacture dielectric mirrors as well as laser mirrors with metallic coatings for demanding applications with the highest quality standards. Our in-house development department works out customized components as quickly as possible.

Laser mirrors for YAG and fiber lasers are used in deflection units as well as for beam shaping. We manufacture optical mirrors from silicon, copper, beryllium and silicon carbide.Aluminum mirrors can be provided with structures on the back that enable weight reduction. They are therefore perfect for the production of lightweight optics.

Telephoto lens, for instance, helps create images with shallow depth of field. Cameras with a wide-angle lens, on the other hand, will produce images with more depth of field

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Aperture or F-stop is a camera setting that controls the DoF. The setting controls the amount of light that enters the film or digital sensor through an adjustable opening. The angle of light that strikes the film or sensor changes as the range of aperture changes. Aperture is measured by f-stops, which can be adjusted through the camera controls. The F-stop setting adjusts the ratio depending on the size of the lens that opens as well as the focal length.

To demonstrate deep DoF, a large depth of space will be shown in subjects such as landscapes. The technique helps make an entire frame appear to be sharp or in focus, from the foreground to the background.

A camera can only focus on a small point in a space. Through this technique, you can determine how much of the image is in “acceptable focus” to the eyes. By understanding the intricacies of DoF, you can also focus on your subject and background at the same time.

We manufacture laser optics to the latest standards for all applications. Whether in series production or in custom manufacturing of specific optics components – the highest quality standards and constant innovation guarantee you flawless optics that make the difference in your areas of application.