Favorite aperture?

[Lenny Eiger]

I'm a landscape shooter...

f45 does it for me. My Rodenstock's are as good at 45 as they are at 22. I like depth of field. I'd like more if I could get it.

Lenny

[Scott Walker]

f45

[ROL]

Kirk, sorry you took offense at my attempt at levity. It was meant as a complement to the person mentioned. By the way, the colloquial "pie hole" = mouth = aperture. Perhaps it was borderline, or perhaps you're interpretation was rude.

[Kirk Gittings]

Kirk, sorry you took offense at my attempt at levity. It was meant as a complement to the person mentioned. By the way, the colloquial "pie hole" = mouth = aperture. Perhaps it was borderline, or perhaps you're interpretation was rude.

Many members took offense and complained. Thats the only reason I even knew about it.

[Old-N-Feeble]

What did I post here to deserve them being deleted, Kirk? You and I sometimes clash but WT...?

[Kirk Gittings]

Make an attempt at staying on topic and take your irrelevant petty squabbles to PM.

[Brian Ellis]

Whatever aperture will give the depth of field required for the photograph I want to make. If depth of field isn't relevant to the photograph then two stops down from the lens' widest aperture.

[Lenny Eiger]

Whatever aperture will give the depth of field required for the photograph I want to make. If depth of field isn't relevant to the photograph then two stops down from the lens' widest aperture.

Brian, I can't think of a shot where depth of field isn't relevant - to me (I guess I am that weird, or old or something). However, even if it wasn't, it seems that what you're saying is that in that case, then maximum sharpness should be the default. Certainly you are entitled to this preference, however, I wouldn't be able to suggest this was a rule. Mine personal rule may be f45 all the time, unless I can't for some reason. But I don't think we can make rules for others. Maybe your weren't attempting to and that's fine... I'm just saying I don't think there is only one way to look at this...

Lenny

[Old-N-Feeble]

Power... in the hands of the few... can become tyranny.

[SergeiR]

Aint got one. I choose aperture based on subject, properties of glass and needed result. So it can be from 2.8 to 64 even within single seating. When its fast paced sitting for commercial - i normally would stick with about 16/22 b/c its rarely about artistic rendering then.