Stay tuned as I am in the process of writing a review/user guide of it. I would highly recommend the PhotoPills App, which has a great Depth of Field calculator amongst its many useful tools. However, it’s most valuable to have a tool on your phone, so you have it with you all the time. Online Depth of field Master is excellent and easy to use. There are a number of tools that are very useful for calculating depth of field. This is what is called ‘lens flare’ it is caused by light bouncing around the inside of the lens. Therefore, if you have a lens with a maximum aperture of f2.8, then f8 is likely to be your sweet spot. Still, as a general rule, this ‘sweet spot’ is around 3 stops below the maximum (widest) aperture. All lenses have a different ‘sweet spot’. To put it simply, as you reduce the aperture more light is diffracted (bounced around) within the lens and this can lead to a “softness” in the image, even if everything is in focus. Something else to be aware of that is not often explained is diffraction. This means you have to adjust other settings like ISO or shutter speed to compensate. It is important to note that, as you decrease the aperture (to get maximum depth of field), you also decrease the amount of light that is reaching the sensor. The more they squint (smaller aperture), the better they can see (greater depth of field). Often to compensate for not having their glasses, they will squint, or narrow their eyes to see better. The way I teach people to remember it is to think of someone who has lost their glasses. ![]() This can be confusing and difficult to remember at first. I find there is nothing more satisfying than conceiving an image, researching where it might be possible, and heading out to try and capture it. ![]() A knowledge of these will give you control over the image and allow you to recreate what you see, and even create that image that you have in your minds-eye. Once you have an understanding of your camera, its settings, and how to adjust them, you will want to know how best to use these settings in your Landscape Photography. Tutorial 2 – Settings for Landscape Photography This is the second article in my series ‘Landscape Photography Tips’ if you’ve not read my first, covering equipment, I would do that first. However, before you rush outside now to start experimenting, read the rest of this article, which will give you the necessary knowledge to start playing around and understanding the results. Why is this image too dark? Can I open the iris? Why is that image blurred? Can I increase the shutter speed? Only by doing this will you be able to quickly pick the right settings when the perfect image appears in front of you. Play around with the settings and try and understand what they do. The first thing to say is that to better understand how to choose your settings for landscape photography, start shooting! Set your camera to manual and keep experimenting! Go out into the garden and take shots of birds, passing cars, anything and everything.
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