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Came across this today: [url="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/11/stop-it-down-just-a-bit"]Stop it down, just a bit[/url]
...and he mentions a DoF app. for SmartPhone... not quite in-camera, and useless to me just now, 'cos I don't have one, but a neat idea, maybe..? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />
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There are also several for Android. I DL-ed and installed some of them, but to be very honest I never use them <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. Fortunately I know what to expect, which helps a lot <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
It always helps to stop down a bit, although with modern top lenses you rarely need more than 1 stop if that to get (close to) the best out of them already (with lenses back in "the olden days" it used to be 2 to 3 stops), well, for my use anyway. My main reason for this is to get a little extra DoF, and save the largest apertures only for extreme low light, when I have no option but to use them <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. It depends a little on what I'd want to achieve as well. There really are only few lenses which I would use at the largest aperture most of the time, and the two that come to mind are 135 F/2 and 100-400L. Everything else at F/2 or a stop down (depending on maximum aperture), oh, and the 17 at F/4 (1/3 of a stop), unless otherwise required <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
Kind regards, Wim
Came across this today: [url="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/11/stop-it-down-just-a-bit"]Stop it down, just a bit[/url]
...and he mentions a DoF app. for SmartPhone... not quite in-camera, and useless to me just now, 'cos I don't have one, but a neat idea, maybe..? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />
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There are also several for Android. I DL-ed and installed some of them, but to be very honest I never use them <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. Fortunately I know what to expect, which helps a lot <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.It always helps to stop down a bit, although with modern top lenses you rarely need more than 1 stop if that to get (close to) the best out of them already (with lenses back in "the olden days" it used to be 2 to 3 stops), well, for my use anyway. My main reason for this is to get a little extra DoF, and save the largest apertures only for extreme low light, when I have no option but to use them <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. It depends a little on what I'd want to achieve as well. There really are only few lenses which I would use at the largest aperture most of the time, and the two that come to mind are 135 F/2 and 100-400L. Everything else at F/2 or a stop down (depending on maximum aperture), oh, and the 17 at F/4 (1/3 of a stop), unless otherwise required <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....