New to photography

SmokinAce330 · Mar 17, 2010

Hey guys,
Since its been getting nicer out up here at school I figured I would try and take some landscape scenery pictures and landscape with an object as part of the main focus.
I don't have anything special so I would like to make the best of what I have.
Fuji FinePix J38
12.2MegaPixels
3x f=5.7-17.1mm 1:2.9-5.2 <-- What does the underlined part mean? (sorry :blushing

ISO range 100-3200
Quality 03M, 2M, 3M, 6M, 11M 3:2, 12M N, 12M F <--Which quality would I want for scenery shots?

Thanks

matfoster · Mar 17, 2010

when i read your post, i thought of Storm Thorgerson/Hipgnosis:

Aubrey Powell: Life, light and Formentera’s influence on Hipgnosis | Ibiza Blog

myfotoguy · Mar 17, 2010

That means that at the widest setting the aperture max setting is f/2.9 and at the longest (furthest zoomed out) the aperture max stting is f/5.2.

The lower the aperture number, the bigger the hole in the lens for light to get through. The bigger the number, the smaller the hole. So at a longer focal length (higher mm number zoomed out) the amount of light getting through to the image sensor is less (meaning it talkes longer for the light to get through). This explanation can get really complicated and involves an understanding of exposure in general. So sorry if that was confusing, let me know if you need more information.

I personally would use the maximum quality for all situations. So I would would use 12M F (which is 12 megapixel, Fine).

SmokinAce330 · Mar 17, 2010

Matfoster that is sorta what I mean, but not really.

myfotoguy perfect explanation.
Thanks for the help

LearnMyShot · Mar 17, 2010

Hi Take a look at this..it may be of interest.....River Landscape Photography How to photograph moving water - watch free tutorial at LearnMyShot.com

KmH · Mar 17, 2010

SmokinAce330 said:
Matfoster that is sorta what I mean, but not really.

myfotoguy perfect explanation.
Thanks for the help

Most of us usually explain aperture that way but the 2.9 is actually a bigger number than the 5.2 because they are really fractions 1/2.9 and 1/5.2 as indicated by the 1: and 1/3 is much bigger than 1/5.