The F8 rule: doesnt work for me

[sincere]

Ignore these "rules". Practice like hell and learn your fundamentals, then every singe time you set the camera's aperture, shutter speed, or ISO, you will be doing so for a specific reason, and you will control the outcome of your photos. There is no easy way around it.

I actually have been shooting manually for years with great results. This whole F8 thing though made me wonder if theres something i am missing out on

 

[Dao]

In some case, you can safe to choose f/8 when Dof is not an issue. i.e. Shooting wide view cityscape scene *with camera on the tripod*. Then I will shoot with the lens's sweet spot or just f/5.6 or f/8. For consumer grade lens, I will say it is safe to shoot at f/8.

 

[gsgary]

I use this when i'm shooting on the street, HP5 film, Leica M4 set to F8, distance set to 10 feet and what ever shutter speed i need
This was out of date Tmax100

 

[TCampbell]

F/8 is f/8 is f/8, regardless of the lens, focal length, manufacturer, format, race, creed, religion, national origin.......

So.... what does that work out to in the metric system?

Also, does it matter if it's a lower case 8 or an upper case 8?

Sorry Sparky... I couldn't resist. :mrgreen:

 

[snowbear]

F/8 is f/8 is f/8, regardless of the lens, focal length, manufacturer, format, race, creed, religion, national origin.......

So.... what does that work out to in the metric system?

Also, does it matter if it's a lower case 8 or an upper case 8?

Sorry Sparky... I couldn't resist. :mrgreen:

How about binary? "f/00001000 and be there." I'd prefer hex, but it's the same.

 

[480sparky]

F/OA== ......

F/H .....

 

[bratkinson]

F/8 is f/8 is f/8, regardless of the lens, focal length, manufacturer, format, race, creed, religion, national origin.......

So.... what does that work out to in the metric system?

Also, does it matter if it's a lower case 8 or an upper case 8?

Sorry Sparky... I couldn't resist. :mrgreen:

How about binary? "f/00001000 and be there." I'd prefer hex, but it's the same.

You asked for it!!!

8 in hexadecimal, on IBM mainframes is....wait for it....EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code)...F8!!! aka 11110100!!! All other current computers that speak ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) it would be 38 (00111000). But ASCII precedes the Octal (BCD) notation used in the 'early days' with 2 extra bits inserted ahead of the 6 bits effectively converting octal notation to hexadecimal.

And yes, I think I could still read punched paper tape and both 80 and 120 column punch cards...but I know I can't remember how to wire 407 boards any more...

Sprechen ze 1401? 7070? 1620? I used to!

 

[EIngerson]

There is no "rule" that replaces understanding exposure.

 

[usayit]

There is no "rule" that replaces understanding exposure.

bingo!

Its not a "rule" per say... but more like a "rule of thumb".


f/8 @ hyperfocal outside in a daylight works pretty well for me... but I'm not going to stick to it when conditions change.

 

[amolitor]

The OP understands exposure just fine. Most of the time "zone focusing" is silly these days, we have autofocus after all.

Weegee used a lot of flash(bulbs) and did not have autofocus, which made the f/8 thing more sensible.

 

[gsgary]

The OP understands exposure just fine. Most of the time "zone focusing" is silly these days, we have autofocus after all.

Weegee used a lot of flash(bulbs) and did not have autofocus, which made the f/8 thing more sensible.

Do we all have auto focus ? I can shot quicker this way than someone with auto focus

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[amolitor]

And right on cue.. Yes, we have autofocus, except for gsgary.

 

[Coasty]

Well, sometimes it is nice to be able to shoot with those old manual focus lenses and have five feet to infinity already in focus when the button is pressed.

 

[480sparky]

And right on cue.. Yes, we have autofocus, except for gsgary.

And me.

 

[snowbear]

You asked for it!!!

8 in hexadecimal, on IBM mainframes is....wait for it....EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code)...F8!!! aka 11110100!!! All other current computers that speak ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) it would be 38 (00111000). But ASCII precedes the Octal (BCD) notation used in the 'early days' with 2 extra bits inserted ahead of the 6 bits effectively converting octal notation to hexadecimal.

And yes, I think I could still read punched paper tape and both 80 and 120 column punch cards...but I know I can't remember how to wire 407 boards any more...

Sprechen ze 1401? 7070? 1620? I used to!

I "grew up" on a DEC PDP-11/70 (octal), 256K Ram and a 200MB disk pack. We had somewhere around 45 ADM-2 terminals, running 9600 baud on site, 1200 baud on remote sites. Those were the days!