F-stop and other settings

mahool · January 25, 2014, 2:21am

Re: F-stop and other settings

So I want to use this thread for sharing some basic camera settings and what they are used for, some tips and tricks of the camera world and some examples.

I’ll start with F-stops.
The opening where the light comes through is called the aperture. The larger the opening or the wider the aperture, more light comes through with each exposure. And the smaller the opening, it’s less light per exposure. How do you decide what to do?

If there’s too much light you want to let less light come

A smaller aperture also means more of your photograph will be in focus

Let’s say you want one thing in focus and a blurred background, you’d want more light to come in, so a wider aperture will be in order.

Aperture is measured with F-stops. A low number like f/1.8 means a wider aperture. The higher the number goes, the lower the aperture.

I’ll post some pictures later to give examples. Meanwhile, please share…

Macro Image:
A low number f-stop…
Wider aperture…
Blur background…
Focused foreground

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