LeggNets Digital Capture

Monday, November 10, 2008

Hangin' On


Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/125 second, f/8, ISO 100

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for the comment, Tucker.

There are a couple of reasons I shoot around f/5.6-8 when I'm in the studio. You are right that when shooting on the seamless background that depth of field isn't as important. I could shoot at f/11-16 and not worry about the background coming "into focus".

The reason is that when I want a complete white background that I need it to be a couple of f/stops brighter than the subject. In the image on this post, I metered the background between f/11 and f/16. I then set the lighting so the subject would be at f/8.

Another reason I stay around f/8 is that I really like the sharpness of my primary lens (Canon 24-105 f/4L IS) at this f/stop.

I hope this helps explain my reasoning.

-Rich

November 11, 2008  

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