Deepness of field - how to narrow it even more

So, I like the portrait effect, with the focus on the object and blurred background. I got the telephoto lens and take pictures with zoom all the way out, and do get the desired effect but I've seen photographs where the range of focus is even smaller then what I can do with my G5 (f/2.0 and telephoto lens). Are there any filters to narrow the deepness od field, or is it done in Photoshop, or maybe macro mode? Please, don't tell me I need a better camera for that?

A...hem....

I have asked myself (and others) the same question you did, but regarding DOF of my rebel. Basically, the answer is: larger format = smaller DOF.

So... You need a camera with a bigger sensor to decrease your DOF. Sorry.

This thread kinda answer why that happens:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=50556

You can cheat a little bit sometimes if you can isolate your
background, and then apply blurring filters on Photoshop.
Some pics are better candidates than others, but you have
to know what you're doing.

To take a portrait shot with the background out of focus you need to open up the aperture. This will provide a shallow depth of field.

- Try F-2, f-2.5, or f-2.8
- Place subject at least 10 feet from the background, more is better.
- Use your camera zoom to zoom in on the subject.
- A head and shoulders shot works best.

Have fun!

Doc is correct here ... even with a telephoto lens, the possibility to control DOF on the G series (or at least the G2-G5, maybe the G6/Pro1 are better here) is pretty limited. It just does not work as well as on a camera with a larger sensor/film. Because of the much stronger magnification of the print, you get a very sharp picture even with 100mm(equivalent)@f/2.​5 ... maybe as sharp as you would get with f/8.0 at the larger sensor.

So you have the following options:
- Have a very large distance between your object and the background
- apply the filter in Photoshop
- use the 'macro' mode ... this is supposed to be a 'trick' to get shallow DOF with a small sensor. On my G2, however, all it gets is a completely blurred picture 95% of the time.

Best regards,
Andy