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I just want something with some depth of field.


Given my limited understanding of photography that is not really possible with small sensor sizes. Phones can achieve that using computational photography, but I don't think it's possible using optics on webcams.


Yes, optical depth-of-field is only possible with reasonably big sensor sizes and wide-open lens.

Reportedly, Huawei P40 Pro has an IMX700 sensor with the 1/1.33" diagonal. I didn't run the numbers for it, but it is big enough that with a bright lens it will produce bokeh.


Mobile phone cameras do this with a ToF (time of flight) sensor and a software trick. I have yet to find a webcam that can do this.


I think you're 100% correct (minus some weird lab-grade setup or software-base DoF)




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