Mine is f/32 when using my 150, 210mm and 305mm lenses, and f/22 for the 90 and 110mm lenses…what’s yours?
Not that I use these apertures exclusively, mind you - its just that they tend to be my “go-to’s” as they’ve each seemed to offer the best compromises between sharpness and depth, in addition to helping to accommodate potential (mostly environmentally induced) variables in the actual location and shape of the film “plane” at the moment of exposure.
But is this (tendency towards defaults) a hang up? For me I think it sometimes is, and I often find myself admiring the works of those photographers who make wonderful use of wide apertures and minimal depth of focus - thinking to myself, “jeesh…I gotta try this more!”
Then again…this (“default aperture mode”), in addition to the practical applications as outlined above, is also how I tend to interpret the world through my camera. But could this be a “chicken or the egg” issue? The cart leading the horse? Hmmm…
How about you? And any thoughts of changing it up?
Oh...I should probably take a looks at Philip's "Diffractophobia" thread (hey, wasn't that a scary movie?)
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