Snow On The Water
Copyright ©2012, Louis Fry
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Louis Fry
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San Antonio Zoo |
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19-Apr-2012 06:22 CEST |
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7.50/2
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Camera: |
Olympus C5050Z |
Exposure time: |
1/160 |
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f/3.2 |
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Focusing method: |
iESP |
ISO: |
64 |
White balance: |
Daylight |
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no |
Image format: |
SHQ |
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Some saturation and cropping. |
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1255x1000 |
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Depth of field
Louis,
I like the crisp blacks in your photos. Your description lists an f/stop of 3.2 which I would expect a much smaller depth of field. Yet, it appears the entire scene is in focus, which I would expect from a smaller aperature (ie f/16). Maybe due to the lens focal length?
Mark Stodter
Mark Stodter at 15:22 CEST on 19-Apr-2012 [Reply]
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Mark Stodter wrote:
> Louis,
> I like the crisp blacks in your photos. Your description lists an f/stop of 3.2 which I would
> expect a much smaller depth of field. Yet, it appears the entire scene is in focus, which
> I would expect from a smaller aperature (ie f/16). Maybe due to the lens focal length?
> Mark Stodter
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Mark,
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, and that f/stop of 3.2 is not a mistake. Don't know if you are familiar with any of the Olympus Camedia cameras, but the c-5050 only has an aperture range of 1.8 to 8.0. I was either in shutter priority or auto mode when I took this photo so the camera chose that f/stop. I got that camera out today and took some shots of vistas and landscapes. In auto and landscape modes the camera consistently chose a setting of 4.0 and the depth of field looked decent. In aperture priority mode I took some bracketed shots and got best results at f/5.6. F/8 did not show any improvement. Perhaps someone who knows about the lenses and sensors in these cameras has an explanation for how such a depth of field is attained when the aperture is this open. I am still in kindergarten in the school of photography. Thanks again!
Louis Fry at 04:18 CEST on 20-Apr-2012 [Reply]