Adroit
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As I understand, the sharpest f-stop is f/8 (which I know can vary slightly depending on the lens), but provides a shallower depth of field than f/10, f/16, and beyind f/16 your photo starts to lose sharpness due to diffraction. So with these facts, I have some questions:
-When you are photographing something that is relatively close (take for example my photo below), would it be better have a sharper image / shallower depth of field using f/8, or a less sharp image / wider depth of field at a higher aperture? For this photo specifically, I wanted to get everything in focus, but now I'm left wondering if I should have stopped up to get more detail for the front of the image.
-At what distance could you forgo depth of field altogether and just select the sharpest aperture? (As I understand, the further your subject is from your film/sensor, whether it be by physical distance or focal length, the greater depth of field you have)
Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
(Also please ignore how blurry this photo is: at the time of shooting, I was using Aperture-priority mode with Auto ISO. Once the maximum ISO of 1600 was reached, my D300 decided to lower the shutter speed to 1/30 at a 90mm focal length. So yeah... kinda blurry)
-When you are photographing something that is relatively close (take for example my photo below), would it be better have a sharper image / shallower depth of field using f/8, or a less sharp image / wider depth of field at a higher aperture? For this photo specifically, I wanted to get everything in focus, but now I'm left wondering if I should have stopped up to get more detail for the front of the image.
-At what distance could you forgo depth of field altogether and just select the sharpest aperture? (As I understand, the further your subject is from your film/sensor, whether it be by physical distance or focal length, the greater depth of field you have)
Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
(Also please ignore how blurry this photo is: at the time of shooting, I was using Aperture-priority mode with Auto ISO. Once the maximum ISO of 1600 was reached, my D300 decided to lower the shutter speed to 1/30 at a 90mm focal length. So yeah... kinda blurry)