When you must take a hand-held shot with an ENG camera, you can significantly improve your depth of field, and thus your chances of getting everything you need in focus, if you:
A) stand back and zoom in to a closeup
B) get close and zoom back to as wide a shot as you can
C) use the widest lens aperture possible
D) increase the shutter speed to the maximum
E) none of the above

Question

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Getting close to the subject and then zooming out to a wider shot will increase depth of field, allowing more of the foreground and background to be in focus. It also creates a more interesting shot with more visual depth. Standing back and zooming in to a closeup will decrease depth of field and make it more difficult to keep everything in focus. Using the widest lens aperture possible would also decrease depth of field and make it harder to keep everything in focus. Increasing the shutter speed to the maximum would only affect the exposure and would not significantly impact depth of field.

When You Must Take a Hand-Held Shot with an ENG