What is your favourite aperture to take photographs at?
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SurrealDreamWalker
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Why no poll for f/22 
allenleonhart
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Why no poll for f/22
and no f32!
ilovesoftpawn
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This poll is a time-waster.
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Originally Posted by catchlights View Post
f1.4 to shoot group photos? can??
u liddat say like ask trick question lor... if i say can... all stand 1 straight line, and i am standing beyond the infinity focus... i say onz...
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f1.4 to shoot group photos? can??
u liddat say like ask trick question lor... if i say can... all stand 1 straight line, and i am standing beyond the infinity focus... i say onz...
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Can, small group 1 straight line with each postioned according to height level to compromise the focus distance to left and right of group or all stand beyond infinite focus distance. Later can crop :bsmilie:.
Halfmoon
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Like this :bigeyes:also can???? LOL.... :bsmilie:
Should send it for service liao la....
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What do you mean by that?
divinemoment
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Funny to say I just discover this Tech Talk section and this thread is so.....o long drawn. I only read 5 posts and what I'm about to say may be history and may have already been mentioned.
I do not understand the OP intention how does a favourite aperture will improve your photography. His favourite being f1.8 or f2. Photography certainly is more than just f stop. Otherwise, it ill be too boring to see bokeh all over.
I think what's important is to have the subject sharp when it needs to be sharp and the smallest aperture will never give you the sharpest. Not f22 or f32 due to diffraction. You can read all about it in google.
The newer lens sweet spot (meaning the sharpest) is merely about 2 to 3 stops from the widest aperture. I do not know why. My GH-1 sweet spot is f7.1. So when light permits and I want the sharpest, this is the f stop I use. My LX3 sweet spot is f4. You can easily do a test yourself to verify the sweet spot. Should I want to use something smaller like f11,f16 or f22, it will be for slow action such as waterfall, streak lights or micro works to increase DOF. Landscape would be back to f7.1.
So I think knowing what is your lens sweet spot is more useful than what the general public is using.
Slightly off topic to the OP but I hope it helps to better understand aperture.
I do not understand the OP intention how does a favourite aperture will improve your photography. His favourite being f1.8 or f2. Photography certainly is more than just f stop. Otherwise, it ill be too boring to see bokeh all over.
I think what's important is to have the subject sharp when it needs to be sharp and the smallest aperture will never give you the sharpest. Not f22 or f32 due to diffraction. You can read all about it in google.
The newer lens sweet spot (meaning the sharpest) is merely about 2 to 3 stops from the widest aperture. I do not know why. My GH-1 sweet spot is f7.1. So when light permits and I want the sharpest, this is the f stop I use. My LX3 sweet spot is f4. You can easily do a test yourself to verify the sweet spot. Should I want to use something smaller like f11,f16 or f22, it will be for slow action such as waterfall, streak lights or micro works to increase DOF. Landscape would be back to f7.1.
So I think knowing what is your lens sweet spot is more useful than what the general public is using.
Slightly off topic to the OP but I hope it helps to better understand aperture.
I agree with you. In fact most event I shoot using a f2.8 lens but used a 6.7 - 8.0 range (even more so when doing group shots of guests)
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