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Subject: [OM] Re: Aperture setting rules of thumb
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:04:39 -0500
Boy Joel, those are gorgeous shots.  Hats off!
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Joel Wilcox wrote:
> I agree with Jeff in principle, but here are some examples of shots at f22:
> 
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/up/upbond6.jpg
>   and I think also these:
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/up/upbond2.jpg
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/up/upbond3.jpg
> 
> I used that stop because I wanted a slower shutter speed, but I
> wouldn't be afraid to use the stop in the future.  However, I
> naturally tend towards f8 or f11 in landscape and only go to f16 or
> f22 when I need the telephoto end of a lens like the 14-54 or a slower
> speed.
> 
> Joel W.
> 
> On 1/16/06, Jeff Keller <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>Almost never would you want to use f22! The shorter focal length lenses of
>>the E-system are diffraction limited at relatively small f numbers. You'll
>>probably find that f5.6 to f8 work well. If there isn't something in the
>>near foreground of a landscape, you'll have plenty of DOF.
>>-jeff
>>
>>----Original Message Follows----
>>From: "Supat S." <eancho@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>


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