Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:06 AM 5/1/98 -0700, you wrote: >Do any of you frequently shoot at f/11 or 16 or 22? From what I >gather here, most of you love shooting wide open.... Depends on what I am doing. Some times the depth of field is more important than absolute sharpness. For example, if I want to photograph a crawdad crossing a flooded road, and have the city in the background in focus at the same time, like I did a month or so ago, then f/16 or smaller is the only choice. I never hesitate to use F/11. I use F/8 a lot in the studio. Our lights are too powerful to easily get any lower in our tiny room. (I didn't buy them!) All you have to do is take two pictures. One at f/2.8 and one at f/22 and see the difference for yourself. It's not that much. But diffraction does get worse with wide angle lenses at smaller apertures. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed