Our long time (10+ years) moderately sophisticated point-and-shoot camera lens motor began to sound weak so we moved to the current generation moderately sophisticated point-and-shoot camera and were less happy with our full sun landscape pictures. Comparing the older camera automatic settings with the new one showed an aperture switch from typically f5.0-5.6 to f3.0-4.0 in full sun. Setting the new camera to fixed aperture f5.6 produced the desired picture results. Just curious (since I am happy with the results), does anyone routinely set fixed aperture for full sun landscape pictures and if so at what value?
Landscape Fixed Aperture
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Posted 12 August 2015 - 05:59 PM
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Posted 12 August 2015 - 06:03 PM
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Posted 13 August 2015 - 11:14 PM
My point-and-shoot goes up to f8.0 which I have never tried. I assume f11 is your maximum f-stop. Any special conditions to look for when using a maximum f-stop (tripod, distance, etc) other than full sun? How do you tell what the "sweet spot" of the lens is? thanks.
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Posted 13 August 2015 - 11:36 PM
My point-and-shoot goes up to f8.0 which I have never tried. I assume f11 is your maximum f-stop. Any special conditions to look for when using a maximum f-stop (tripod, distance, etc) other than full sun? How do you tell what the "sweet spot" of the lens is? thanks.
Depending on which lens I am shooting, my smallest aperture is typically either f22 or f32. I almost never shoot that stopped down because of the diffraction that is introduced. My largest apertures are f2.8 to f4, so I typically stop down three or four stops to get a good depth of field (DOF) and limit diffraction. My assumption is that somewhere around f5.6 would be the stop that gives you the best DOF. I suspect that diffraction will not be an issue at f8, but you have a pretty small sensor in the point-and-shoot, so I am just guessing.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 02:43 PM
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