ndroo said:A newbie here needs to know how does the aperture affects a camera's performance/quality.
eg. C5060 has f/2.8 and C5050 is f/1.8. Is the max aperture important? If yes, then what does it do?
SuRfTeC said:The bigger the aperture hole (f number at the smallest), the more depth of field in your picture... which means the subject that you wanna take will be in focus (sharp) and the background will be blurred.
The smaller the aperture hole (f number at the biggest), the less depth of field in your picture... which means the subject and the background will be in focus. everything will turn out sharp.
C5050 has the f number of 1.8 which means that the aperture size is bigger than C5060. Therefore it has better depth of field than the later.
SuRfTeC said:Aperture controls the depth of field of your picture.
The bigger the aperture hole (f number at the smallest), the more depth of field in your picture... which means the subject that you wanna take will be in focus (sharp) and the background will be blurred.
The smaller the aperture hole (f number at the biggest), the less depth of field in your picture... which means the subject and the background will be in focus. everything will turn out sharp.
C5050 has the f number of 1.8 which means that the aperture size is bigger than C5060. Therefore it has better depth of field than the later.
Another important factor to note, a bigger aperture size allows more light into the camera. Therefore the shutter speed of the camera can be faster than the camera with a smaller aperture size.
Is a max aperture important...?? i guess is up to personal!can't help you on this... but personally, i would prefer a faster lens camera which is C5050! :bsmilie:
Hope this helps...
cheers
roygoh said:Big aperture (small f-number) gives LESS depth of field.
Small aperture (large f-number) gives MORE depth of field.
SuRfTeC said:Aperture controls the depth of field of your picture.
The bigger the aperture hole (f number at the smallest), the LESS depth of field in your picture... which means the subject that you wanna take will be in focus (sharp) and the background will be blurred.
The smaller the aperture hole (f number at the biggest), the MORE depth of field in your picture... which means the subject and the background will be in focus. everything will turn out sharp.
C5050 has the f number of 1.8 which means that the aperture size is bigger than C5060. Therefore it has better depth of field than the later.
Another important factor to note, a bigger aperture size allows more light into the camera. Therefore the shutter speed of the camera can be faster than the camera with a smaller aperture size.
Is a max aperture important...?? i guess is up to personal!can't help you on this... but personally, i would prefer a faster lens camera which is C5050! :bsmilie:
Hope this helps...
cheers
ndroo said:i notice u said "but personally, i would prefer a faster lens camera which is C5050!" ... does that mean f/1.8 is a faster lens? i tot the 5060 is supposed 2 b faster?
ndroo said:i notice u said "but personally, i would prefer a faster lens camera which is C5050!" ... does that mean f/1.8 is a faster lens? i tot the 5060 is supposed 2 b faster?