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Old 25-10-2006, 04:08 PM
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A lot of guys make the mistake that you need to stop a lens down all the way to maximise your depth of field. Whilst I'm over simplifying a bit, and can explain a bit better in person - At 17mm you have so much DoF that you'll find something like f/8 or f/11 would be plenty.
Thanks for the tips!

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- diffraction
Sometimes I like this effect, so stop it all the way down on purpose, where there's lights or similar in scene.

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- A lens is typically at it's sharpest 2 stops from wide open and at it's worst wide open or fully stopped down.
Thanks again, i'll take this on board and definitely try differently next time.
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