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Do non-constant aperture zoom lenses vary aperture when zooming, when the aperture is not set to wide-open?
I am an experienced amateur photographer and videographer using a Sony a7sII with a Sigma 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 hyperzoom lens for a music video shot. I notice that when I test the shot zooming out all ...
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Brightness of a full frame lens mounted on aps-c vs mounting an identical native aps-c lens [duplicate]
I am a bit confused about the effect of using a full-frame lens on a aps-c camera on the brightness of the resulting image.
Lets say we have two lenses:
A full frame 50mm f2 lens
An aps-c 50mm f2 ...
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Tamron SP 500mm mirror lens changing aperture and DOF
Please help me understand. I have the above F8 mirror lens. I know the difference between F stop and T stop. I have measured this T stop experimentally it is higher than F8. The DOF feels very narrow ...
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Is aperture the same on different format of lenses?
I have just acquired a large format lens (a Schneider-Kreuznach Angulon 1:6,8/90) for the first time, coming from 35mm and medium format, and I am a bit puzzled by its aperture.
I want to make sure I ...
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There are many f2.8 zooms for FF. Why are there so few f2/f1.8 zooms for APS-C?
APS-C/Super35 cameras are less staple for film than they were before, but are still widely used. Besides, there are quite a few semi-professional APS-C DSLRs on the market.
As far as I understand, a ...
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Can aperture be changed in aperture mode even with a constant maximum aperture lens?
I am new to non-auto mode.
If I have a fixed aperture lens with f/2.8 16–35 mm. Does this mean I cannot change the aperture to f/4 or f/5 on my camera because the lens only supports f/2.8?
Is the f/2....
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How can I control the aperture of a Nikon G lens when using extension tubes? [duplicate]
Due to corona lockdown, I'd like to try macro photography. I have two lenses (18–55 and 35 f/1.8) and a Nikon D5300. As I currently do not have the money to buy a real macro lens, I found 3 cheaper ...
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How to fix diaphram of Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 G?
Somehow one of the nine blades in the aperture of my Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G has come fully loose and can be seen laying turned sideways when I look through the lens. I don’t want to pay to repair it, ...
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Why does aperture change when I zoom my lens even in manual mode? [duplicate]
I have my Nikon D7500 set to Manual Mode. I can change the shutter speed and it maintains the setting. When I change the aperture, the setting is not maintained and varies depending on the zoom of ...
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Aperture and the understanding of how it works [duplicate]
So over black friday I bought this bundle, which is the Nikon D3500 two kit lenses.
I was wondering, I keep hearing people talk about aperture and using F11-F16 but on those lenses that I have, all I ...
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What are the benefits of the classic f-number scheme?
Classic ƒ numbers are entrance pupil diameter as a fraction of focal length. This seems like a slightly strange choice as exposure is proportional to area rather than diameter. Naively I would think ...
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Why doesn't the aperture change on a Nikon AF 50mm ƒ/1.8D lens? [duplicate]
I am facing problem with a Nikon AF 50mm ƒ/1.8 lens which is attached to a Nikon D7100. Although I can change the aperture from the camera (in M mode) it seems that it is not changing in photos. What ...
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Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens won't go down to f/1.8
Bought a 1.8 lens.
Today on manual I realised it won't go down to f/1.8, the lowest is f/2.8, but on other modes it does.
The camera is a Canon 5Ds.
p.s - just moved to canon so is there a setting ...
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Is diffraction limited aperture independent of lens?
I have always understood diffraction limited aperture as a property of the camera and its sensor, not of the lens. The camera has a certain sensor size and a certain megapixel count, which together ...
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Does a camera have to have a contiguous housing?
The lens group in this picture would have its own protective lens tubes like the one on a camera but one for each lens group. What would be an issue having a gap between the lens group and stray light ...
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Can a camera be a mile long?
Could parts of a camera be spaced out over a distance rather then together to work in a way a normal camera cannot? What characteristics would this camera have over a normal camera?
In the picture ...
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Is there an online lens diffraction and maximum sharpness table?
I simply want to see an table that lists the lens diffraction limit of each camera.
I have came across this well done answer with animated PNG
and I realized there i also the perfect sharpness ...
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What should I do when my D3400 aperture is stuck no matter what lens I use?
I have a D3400 and recently I haven't been able to change the aperture on any of my lenses in manual mode. I have lenses with aperture rings and if I set the aperture to anything below the largest ...
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Question on f-number and exposure [duplicate]
Is there any mathematical proof to show that the exposure in a camera is independent of the focal length used, if the f-number (ratio of focal length to lens diameter) remains constant?
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Relationship between f-number and amount of light being let into the lens system [duplicate]
Why does smaller f-number imply greater aperture diameter and consequently, greater amount of light entering the lens of a camera?
As evidenced from my study across a number of resources, an absolute ...
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Does a lens with a bigger max. aperture focus faster than a lens with a smaller max. aperture?
The assertion by a well known photographer is that the Nikon 400mm f/2.8 set to an aperture of f/5.6 will let in 4 times the light compared to a Nikon 500mm f/5.6 lens set to f/5.6, keeping the ...
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Clicking sound and flickering display when using Sony 70-200 F4
I recently purchased a Sony 70-200 F4 and have been testing it on my A7 (the very first one). I noticed that there's a clicking sound and the display (both in the LCD and EVF) flickers whenever I ...
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Why is that the wider the aperture of a lens is, the more we can see through narrow cracks and crevices?
Example I took at 85mm f/1.4 on APS-C sensor:
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Why is Nikon 1.4g better when Nikon 1.8g is sharper?
I am new to photography (just 3 to 4 months of experience) and I am looking to buy a new lens (either 35mm or 50mm, but mostly 35mm because I have already decided Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for ...
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Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F/1.2 vs Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm f/1.7 ASPH Power O.I.S
How much of a difference these two lenses will make in photo quality and what will be the difference? I am a newbie in photo and I am looking to invest in a nice lens for 4/3 that has max features in ...
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How do apertures which seem too large to physically fit work? [duplicate]
A 400mm f4.0 lens is supposed to have a maximum aperture diameter of 10cm. Looking at such a lens they don't seem big enough to fit that kind of aperture including all the mechanics for control inside ...
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Aperature/f stops/lenses [duplicate]
I am interested in landscape photography and a common point I hear thrown around is that a higher aperture (f11-f22) is best for landscape photos. However, every blog, YouTube video and photography ...
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How do constant aperture zooms produce identical exposure, even though focal length is larger? [duplicate]
My understanding is that a larger focal length corresponds to a larger working aperture diameter, since the numerator is larger.
Why doesn't a larger working diameter correspond to a brighter image? ...
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What are the technical reasons to design lenses with oddly shaped apertures?
Some lenses have oddly shaped apertures, like star or shuriken shaped. It seems to be intentional since making "normal" rounded or polygonal apertures is fairly simple (as I have observed while ...
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Is it worth upgrading one stop for wildlife photography?
I have just purchased the following lens to accompany my Nikon D500:
AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR - £1,349 (see here)
However, having purchased this lens a few hours ago, it has been pointed out ...
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Why is my Tamron 24-70 F2.8 G2 clicking when used in Live View mode?
My Tamron 24-70 F2.8 G2, used with Nikon D750, is making clicking sounds when I change the aperture in live view mode on M or A setting. Is the clicking normal?
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How can I fix a Canon lens with sand in the aperture diaphragm?
I have a 17-85mm Canon lens which I was using at the beach the other day. A sudden hard blow of wind caused sand to be thrown on me and my camera. Afterwards, the camera would give the Error 01 code ...
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Can I force the aperture to stay open on macro lens?
I have a sigma 180mm f/2.8 lens, which I bought because it was the largest aperture I could find that focuses around 0.5m See this question for why this was important.. Upon arrival, however, the lens ...
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Why is the aperture of this old lens showing as centered blue glare?
I just bought a old Minolta MD Zoom 35-135mm 1:3.5-4.5 lens together with two old Minolta SLRs to get into film photography.
Before using actual film I adapted it to my Canon 600D (using a no-name MD-...
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Depth of field and aperture size [duplicate]
Why does a smaller aperture size have a high depth of field? What is the physics behind this?
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Is a lense with an aperture larger than f/8 useful with an EOS 80 D?
I have a EOS 80D and supposedly it has a max aperture of f/8. Does this mean that my camera can't take advantage of lenses with larger aperture? E.G. This one for example:
Canon EF-S 24mm Camera ...
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How to take photo of water splash without photo getting dark? [duplicate]
I just got my beginner DSLR (Nikon D3300) and tried to take a photo of a water splash.
I read about aperture, ISO and shutter speed and I know if I set high shutter speed I need to set low aperture ...
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Which aperture value determines depth of field on variable aperture lenses?
Do variable aperture values represent the way in which depth of field is rendered by a lens or only to the transmission of light (i.e the brightness)?
For example, if i wish to calculate depth of ...
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Does the sensor size matters in the size and weight of an equivalent lens? Why?
In other words, does the size of projected image circle matters in the size and weight of two lenses with the same aperture/DOF (different f-number) and field of view (different mm)? All other things ...
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Why am I getting ERR 1 on my 80D when I shoot with a small aperture?
Whenever I try to take a picture with a small aperture, say f/13, the camera won't shoot and displays "Err 1: Faulty Lens Communication, Clean Lens contacts" and upon doing so, it won't change a thing....
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Why is Auto on aperture rings near the smallest aperture?
This is something that has puzzled me for a while and it always seems counter-intuitive. When a lens has an aperture ring with an auto position (A), it is always (at least on 3 systems that I have ...
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Why do we need a DOF preview button?
Why not just show the effective depth of field, by default?
What's the point of having it display a picture that's different to how the image will actually turn out?
My first thought was, it must be ...
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Nikon 50mm f/1.8 even on manual gives fEE error with D3300? [duplicate]
The camera functions fine from f/1.8 all the way to f/22 when I lock the aperture ring at f/22. Whenever I try to use the aperture ring, however, it gives an fEE error and that is even on manual mode ...
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Why is my Mamiya-Sekor E f/1.7 lens stuck at f/16 both on and off the camera?
I recently bought a Mamiya ZE Quartz with a Mamiya-Sekor E f/1.7 50mm lens that I recently found at an antique store. It's either been abused or been used a lot, but it's seen better days.
For some ...
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What type of lens should I buy if I want strong out-of-focus blur?
I'm looking for a lens to focus on one thing, and the background is really blurred out. I also want really good quality. I was looking a 50mm prime.
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How do I properly compare this full frame lens to cropped frame lenses?
I am looking for a 35mm e-mount lens to put on an APS-C camera. The obvious choices are the 35mm Sony F1.8 with OSS, and the Zeiss Touit 32mm F1.8, but as I've been looking at those options I see a ...
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Is the diaphragm on my FD 50mm 1.8 stuck?
I've recently purchased a Canon AE-1 Program and a FD 50mm f1.8, as a entry way into the world of photography. As soon as i got the lenses, i got excited to check it out. I noticed something weird ...
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What's the intended use of lens with f-numbers close to or "faster" than f/1?
Lens with f/1.2 are rather expensive and not very widespread. Lens with f/0.95, f/0.85, f/0.8 do exist but they are also very expensive and quite rare. Lens with f/0.7 are so rare that some of them ...
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Dark photos at apertures of f6 or f8
I am trying to test for a photoshoot of a model on white background and most of my images are coming out very dark unless I increase my aperture to the maximum.
I am using a fixed 50mm lens, shutter ...
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Example of desired look: how do I duplicate it? [closed]
A few questions:
In the attached picture if you zoom in, there is a very slight blur on this mans freckles. It is still in focus, but it almost looks as if the picture was painted. How was that ...
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