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TomOC



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Kind of wonky, but really a great article:

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/05/overcoming-my-photo-entekaphobia-the-fear-of-shooting-at-f11/

He leaves out the other advantage of not stopping down too far - NO DUST SPOTS !!! I've been right for the wrong reasons :-) :-) :-)

Tom

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For most of my photography I see the aperture as the most important control. It influences the depth of focus. I feel the need to control that more than anything, either to focus attention on the part of the image I want to highlight or to detract from distracting background or foreground where re-framing isn't possible. This is why I prefer fast lenses, slow lenses lack the power to produce strong, pleasant bokeh, I see the control of bokeh as just about the most important function of a lens and key to pleasing images.

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I agree - wide open or stopped way down...like f8 :-)

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Gents,
On the other hand, some lenses come with a built-in remedy to prevent any doubt on these questions.
My 20mm f 8 fish-eye lens is fix focus and aperture, so no hassele or doubts for the user. (grin)
Regards, Gilbert
PS I agree with Robert, as he says the aperture is a major control on a good camera (that I why I dislike many auto-everything compacts).

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I agree mostly... Lately I have been using auto ISO instead of A mode and I'm pretty happy with that in most situations....it avoids the problem of too slow shutter speed, which I think is worse than too high ISO

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TomOC wrote:
I agree mostly... Lately I have been using auto ISO instead of A mode and I'm pretty happy with that in most situations....it avoids the problem of too slow shutter speed, which I think is worse than too high ISO
Why not use both? You can still use A mode and set the shutter speed limit for auto ISO to kick in.

I found auto ISO best in Manual mode. Where I would select not only the aperture I wanted but also the shutter speed...letting auto ISO expose correctly.

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Exactly, Eric. That is what I do. Just didn't express it neatly :-)


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