Maybe a compromise is better in this case. As you stop down, you do get
better depth of field but sharpness beyond the f8 stop doesn't really
improve that much. So if hand holding, it is probably better to use a faster
speed to minimize shake and motion from the wind. If you use a tripod, the
wind is still a consideration.
Cy Galley - Bellanca Champion Club
Newsletter Editor & EAA TC
www.bellanca-championclub.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tanya & Russell Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 12:45 AM
Subject: Aperture Question...
> Hey everyone, just a quick question before hubby kicks me off the
> computer...
>
> This may seem like a totally dumb question, but please remember that
> everything I know about photography I have taught myself, so you can
expect
> that I will have missed a few things here and there.
>
> At a BBQ on Friday night (don't say it, I know BBQ = meat = very naughty
> for Good Friday, but I'm a vego anyways, so there...my kids ate sausages
> though. hehe)... Anyways, at a BBQ on Friday night, a woman and I were
> talking about photography and she claimed that she had this friend who was
> an "expert" on landscape photography, which I basically know ZILCH about.
> She claimed that his number one tip was to shoot EVERYTHING in landscape
> photography at f22 to ensure maximum depth of field. Ok, so here is my
> question, (and please forgive me if I am wwaaaaay off track here), but
when
> you are shooting, say a lake, or a beach scene at 6.30 at night and you
need
> more light, doesn't it make sense to shoot as wide open as possible? The
> lady I spoke to argued the point of depth of field with me, but unless I
am
> reeeeally mistaken, I thought that the theory behind a lens which focuses
at
> "infinity" meant that after your subject is a certain distance away from
the
> lens (eg. 8 metres on my Vivitar 28/2) the focusing switches to infinity
> which basically means that everything is in focus anyways? I mean, if
that
> is not the case, than what is the use of having a "fast lens" when only a
> miniscule amount of your shot will be in focus?
>
> I am sure that I sound really backward and totally clueless to even very
> basic photography rules on this, but if her friend is truly an "expert"
then
> wouldn't he be correct in his f22 theory? And if he is, can somebody
please
> elaborate on this for me, cause I have definitely lost the plot
> somewhere....
>
> Oh, btw, Merry Easter!! (Well, some people say "Happy Christmas" you
know!)
> 8-)
>
> fairy.
>
>
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