How dare you approach this subject with sanity! Do something you want
to do and find that it works? Zounds and gadzooks man! <g>
--Bob Whitmire
www.bwp33.com
On Jul 1, 2009, at 1:30 AM, Moose wrote:
> In an attempt to retain my sanity, I've only loosely followed this
> thread. In addition to the possibility that I might learn something
> simple that would help in the field, our collective tendency to veer
> off
> in new directions without changing the subject line means I might miss
> something else interesting. Not a complaint at all, by the way, as I'm
> as guilty as anyone and find it all oddly endearing.
>
> Anyway, it seem to me that one thing it all boils down to is that the
> only way to really know what's likely to happen is to use the
> equipment
> you have and learn what sort of images come out with various settings
> and situations.
>
> On my last little trip, I spent much of the time and many photos
> shooting at f16. Sure, I know, that's seriously diffraction limited
> according to some formula. Maybe AG's right, and weird DOF things that
> don't follow the simple lens calculations happen in zooms full of
> aspheric and special glass elements. Whatever, I'd been disappointed
> in
> the DOF I had been getting in some recent work, partly, perhaps
> semi-consciously, from leaning apertures toward open from the threads
> here about diffraction limits. So I spent a few days and a few hundred
> shots leaning the other way, toward f16.
>
> The results, from my perspective are better, with good sharpness and
> far
> fewer images poor because of shallow DOF. As far as I am concerned,
> any
> time I'm using that camera and lens, there's enough light and I'm not
> specifically looking to limit DOF, it's f11-f16 for me.
>
> Many of my Images As The Mood Strikes shots are f16, including the
> full
> pixel one I just posted. I dunno, perhaps I could have gotten a tiny
> bit
> more detail at a wider aperture, but would I have gotten the whole
> critter in focus? For me, for this subject and many of the thinks I
> photograph, DOF is more important.
>
> F16 and be there Moose
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