Anyone actually like Depth of Field?

[klasbo]

Makes no sense from a realism standpoint. The background doesn't just get blurry when you focus on an object in front of you...

Yes... it does. Hold your finger in front of your face, then focus on something in the distance, then on your finger. You'll probably notice everything else gets blurry when you're looking at your finger. That's how your eye works.

No... It doesn't.
The depth of field is calculated based on what the game thinks you are looking at, not what you actually are looking at. When aiming down sights, I might actually be looking at the far right of my screen, but then that has gone all blurry.

In photography, you use shallow DoF to isolate your subject and blow out unwanted background information. In games, there usually is no unwanted information (except if the level design is intentionally horrible). DoF makes absolutely no sense from a game perspective.

 

[headshotcatcher]

Makes no sense from a realism standpoint. The background doesn't just get blurry when you focus on an object in front of you...

Yes... it does. Hold your finger in front of your face, then focus on something in the distance, then on your finger. You'll probably notice everything else gets blurry when you're looking at your finger. That's how your eye works.

That's basically only within 10 feet though, depth of field works further than that