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Subject: [OM] Re: Aperture setting rules of thumb
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:38:59 -0600
Hey, thanks John.

Joel W.

On 1/18/06, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
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