Re: FN-FORUM I am attracted to digital photography by convenience and savings, but signs are it woul

date posted 18th May 2000 02:01

On 17/5/00 at 8:55 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Vratislav Kuska) wrote:

> Thank you. It is not the most convenient and economical way, but,
> perhaps, option offering best technical quality for now. Low "focus
> depth of field" of digital cameras compared with film cameras seems to
> be tha main problem. Digital cameras seems to have maximum aperture
> 1:8 compared up to 1:22 of film cameras.

Not sure what your problem is here, Vratislav­f8/f22 are usually described as the *minimum* apertures, not maximum. Maximum apertures are usually something like f2.8 or even f1.8.

Depth of field is not usually a problem with modern cameras; are you trying to photograph something extremely deep, or do you do a lot of close-ups? I'd have thought that f8 would give enough depth of field, (at average distances) for normal photography. What problem do you have with depth of field?

best wishes,

Paul

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