Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 10:00:38 +0800
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website

At 04:50 PM 5/04/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:41:35 -0800 (PST)
>From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website
>
> > >   Lots of depth of field with slow lenses, thus no worry or thinking 
> at all
> > >about is that in focus or what f/stop do I use.  Can't do it = don't think
> > >about it = less to think about in the field.
> >
> > OK lemme get this right in my head because now I'm starting to get 
> confused
> > ... heh. A slow lens means you need to use either a slower shutter 
> speed or
> > a larger aperture. But doesn't a larger aperture mean LESS focusing depth?
>
>   A lens with a big minimum aperture rating (eg. f/5.6) is a slow lens vs. a
>lens with a small minimum aperture rating (eg. f/1.8), a fast lens.

OK through all this, something is losing me. When you talk about a 'big 
minimum aperture', I realize you're talking about a big f-number (ie. in 
fact a SMALL aperture opening). When you say minimum however does that mean 
the f-number can get bigger (ie. in fact its a maximum aperture opening) or 
does that mean the aperture opening can get bigger (ie. in fact its a 
minimum f-number)? Because in that case it doesn't seem to make sense ... 
for the same situation, I thought a fast lens lets in more light than a 
slow lens so you'd expect a fast lens with a small aperture opening (ie. 
larger f-number) would let in the same amount of light as a slow lens with 
a large aperture opening (ie. smaller f-number) ...


- Raymond

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