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Why does changing the focal length negate the effects on DOF? This is because the visual properties of a given lens either provide either greater DOF (shorter lenses) or shallower DOF (longer lenses). To maintain the compositional integrity of the shot, but still have the change in DOF from a distance, you can change the focal length (either by changing lenses or zooming in). Changing the distance to subject is the least practical way to manipulate the depth of field, and by changing the distance from a subject to the lens, you immediately change your imageвЂ™s composition. Conversely, the reverse is true вЂ“ the farther away an object is and focused on, the deeper the DOF. The last element affecting depth of field is the distance of the subject from the lens вЂ“ you can adjust the DOF by changing that distance.ДЇor example, the closer an object is to the lens (and the focus is set on that object) the shallower the DOF. ItвЂ™s important to understand this concept and how it affects exposure because it works in tandem with the shutter speed (weвЂ™ll discuss this in another section) to establish a given exposure value.Д«asically, when you change the aperture size one stop, you have to shift the shutter speed one stop in the opposite direction to maintain a consistent exposureвЂ¦ and this change in aperture alters the depth of field (DOF) accordingly. Such that an f/4 on a 50mm has smaller opening than an f/4 on a 200mm, but an equivalent amount of light travels through both lenses to reach the image sensor thus providing the same exposure.Д®ach movement up the range (say f/2 to f.2.8) reduces the amount of light by one-half, and each movement down the range (say f/11 to f/8) doubles the amount of light passing through the lens. And if it is time for you to buy a new camera, I can help with that too.The aperture range identifies the widest to smallest range of lens openings, i.e., f/1.4 (on a super-fast lens) to f/32, with incremental вЂњstopsвЂќ in between (f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, and f/22).Д®ach f-number is represents one вЂњstopвЂќ of light, a stop is a mathematical equation (which is the focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of the aperture opening) that determines how much light that enters the lens regardless of the length of the lens.

#F STOP CHART HOW TO#

I post information that you may find helpful in learning how to use your camera. Maybe you donвЂ™t want your shot to look like reality.

#F STOP CHART MANUAL#

The manual controls are for those shots your camera has a hard time taking, or just for some creative control.

After all, you can always just set it on auto and your camera will take the picture for you, and chances are it will turn out great. You can learn as little or as much as you want. Especially if you have a digital camera, you can just delete whatever doesnвЂ™t turn out well.ДonвЂ™t worry if you donвЂ™t know what all the controls on your camera mean. The best way to figure out what is happening with the different settings, is just to play with it. Using your aperture control with your shutter control on your camera will give you the proper exposure. The bigger you made the hole, the smaller your f-stop number would become and the more light you would be letting in. If you took a piece of tinfoil and put it over the end of the paper towel roll and poked a pinhole in it, you would have a high f-stop or small aperture opening. You can think of it as having a paper towel roll, and looking through the roll at the light. The key thing to remember about f-stops is that it is a measure of the amount of light that is being let in through your lens. If you take your f-stop scale, and add your half stops, the scale is f/4, f/4.8, and f/5.6.

But that is not true because with each f-stop decrease you are halving the amount of light, therefore with two f-stops, you would only have one quarter of the light. If you are thinking about it logically, you would naturally assume that if you took and halved your f-stop that you would be letting in half the light. Some lenses will have a wider range and may offer half stops and/or third stops.ДЄnother funny thing about f-stops, is if you halve the number of the f-stop, the aperture lets in a quarter amount of light, because it is it two stop decrease. The typical range for f-stops on a camera, progressing from a wide setting to a small setting is f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, and f/16.

#F STOP CHART FULL#

These numbers depict half stops and third stops, as well as full f-stops. If you are not familiar with f-stops and aperture openings, none of this makes any sense. And the smaller the number, the larger the opening.ДЄnd then you get into the fact that most f-stop numbers are not a full number. So, the larger the number, the smaller the opening. Adding to this confusion, the numbers that correspond to different f-stops seem backwards, because an aperture of f/8 is actually smaller than an aperture of f/4.

F stop chart