Tuesday Tip: Aperture for Beginners
Aperture f3.2
Aperture 7.1
Aperture f22
While the details on the strawberry are clearest in the last photo (with the most narrow aperture), the background is also in detail which detracts from the main strawberry image. The photo with the shallowest depth of field (f1.8) focuses the eye just on the strawberry.
Hopefully you found this quick description helpful.
Which type of photos do you normally take? Those with a shallow depth of field or a large depth of field? Comment below.
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Jason Stolken:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Great post Wendy! Something that I can pass on is the result of something strange that happened to me. On my 18-135MM lens the aperture will open all the way up to 3.5 which is not bad for that lens. But the aperture never seemed to open up all the way when I was completely zoomed in at 135MM. I could only get it to 5.0. So my understanding is that when you are completely zoomed in, the lens will not allow the maximum open aperture. Is that true from what you have experienced?
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Wendy:
May 7th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Really good question! The short answer is…Yes, zoom affects your maximum open aperture. The more you zoom, the longer your lens gets, which means less light is getting to the sensor. So, at your maximum zoom…your aperture will be limited to a certain setting. From what I have read, there are zoom lenses out there with fixed apertures, but they’re pretty expensive.
Sonel:
May 7th, 2012 at 11:55 pm
Now that is very interesting and thanks for sharing Wendy! I enjoyed and great shots hon.
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Basilia Lagarde:
April 9th, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Fantastic website you have here but I was curious if you knew of any user discussion forums that cover the same topics discussed in this article? I’d really like to be a part of group where I can get advice from other experienced individuals that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Bless you!
aperture:
May 9th, 2013 at 12:53 am
now i have more understanding about aperture. thanks to the author
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Raphael:
May 13th, 2013 at 6:04 am
YE thank you to tell me about aperture and lm understanding well