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Why do people not use large f-numbers (small apertures) when shooting landscapes, when you want large depth of field?
When some people take photos of the landscape, why do they not use like a low f-stop like f/32, because wouldn't you want everyone in focus because it's a landscape?
But quite a lot of people use f-...
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Why are larger apertures used for astrophotography? [duplicate]
Learning about aperture, and depth of field.
I have understood it as such
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What causes images to have flat depth?
I am learning about photography and I remember reading about an effect that causes images to look like there is no depth but now I cannot find what it is called or what causes it.
I remember an ...
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How can a smartphone take pictures of a landscape with everything in focus?
After the announcement of the new Samsung Galaxy S9 with the new camera that changes aperture, I caught myself wondering: if smartphones have such a wide aperture (f/2.8, f/2.2, etc), how are ...
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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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How does aperture affect focus area? [duplicate]
How does the aperture affect the focus area? Here are some examples:
With an 35mm(50mm)/f1.8 prime lens
What f-value will bring a group of people standing in five rows into
focus?
What f-value will ...
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Is it possible to Zone Focus with a DSLR?
I have a Canon 1000d. Is the zone focusing technique applicable in a DSLR?
If yes, how do we do it?
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