It may have taken me a long time to realize what everyone else probably already knows but this occurred to me....
Instead of relying on a wide aperture like f2.8 to get out of focus background, you could just use f8 and focus in front of your subject so the subject is at the far end of the depth of field....then all of the background will be out of focus.
This might be difficult to do as autofocus will try to focus on the subject, but you could manually focus and check the depth of field preview.
This potentially saves breaking the bank with fast lenses being so much more expensive.
..............I shall go forth and experiment!
Instead of relying on a wide aperture like f2.8 to get out of focus background, you could just use f8 and focus in front of your subject so the subject is at the far end of the depth of field....then all of the background will be out of focus.
This might be difficult to do as autofocus will try to focus on the subject, but you could manually focus and check the depth of field preview.
This potentially saves breaking the bank with fast lenses being so much more expensive.
..............I shall go forth and experiment!
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