...One thing I think is totally overlooked in the current crop of AF lenses,
especially the "amateur" ones, and articles in the photo mags, is the
selective depth of field effects that you can only get with wide apertures.
Sure, fast film lets you keep the shutter speed up even with slow lenses, and
you don't need a bright finder image if the camera is doing the focusing for
you, but you can't get minimal depth of field unless you have a big aperture.
There's a whole new generation of photographers coming up who haven't ever
shot with an aperture any wider than f/4-5/.6.
Just my .02.
Greg
...
Absolutely right. To me, one of the main things that differentiate a
photograph and a realistic painting is the use of selective DOF.
// richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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