in general, the sweet spot of a lens in two stops down, so the sweet spot of the a f2.8 lenses is at f5.6, and a f4.5 lenses is about f8.
beside, most f2.8 lenses are sharp enough when shooting wide open, but the most important things is the f2.8 lenses have better contrast and color reproduction compare to those f4.5 lenses.
another benefit of using a f2.8 lenses is you have a brighter view in your viewfinder.
I mean do 1 really have to spend so much to get a F2.8 where f3.5 can do the job... Tat wher money are concern... Because usually doing In doorshoot ! aperture will be ard F5-6 dont usually shoot with wide open... Isit?:dunno:why not? the advantages about using big aperture lens...
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Thanks for the refer... seem the thread.. All question answer... thanksI mean do 1 really have to spend so much to get a F2.8 where f3.5 can do the job... Tat wher money are concern... Because usually doing In doorshoot ! aperture will be ard F5-6 dont usually shoot with wide open... Isit?:dunno:
THanks.. How wide? Thanks again....well, imo, indoor lighting can become very challenging unless you get yourself a strobe with softbox as a min. the money you save on the glass will be spent on the strobe, infact, i think a lot of the time, the glass might not seem to cost so much especially if you are comparing it against good lighting equip. the other thing would be that flash lighting is actually pretty tricky, its much much easier to get a 'nice' shot with the avaliable light.
if the arguement is over f3.5 and f2.8, my adivce to you would be to get yourself some primes, and since you are indoors, theres a higher chance you can control the environment so, pick one tele and one wide and it might save you a whole lot of money compared to shooting with f2.8 zooms.
you can also achieve shallow DOF with smaller apertures if you use a long focal length / subject too far from background .Wide apertures are indispensable for achieving shallow depth of field, and I find myself shooting at apertures wider than f/2.8 very often just to blend the background and make the subject to pop-up.
Neither flash, nor high ISO, nor IS can give you narrow depth of field.
Do we really need them when doing indoor shoot with Flash... Anyone??
Do we really need them when doing indoor shoot with Flash... Anyone??
you can also achieve shallow DOF with smaller apertures if you use a long focal length / subject too far from background .
i guess this one's another topicBut firstly, doesn't that alter perspective as well? Narrow perspective might or might not be what you want, depending on what you are trying to shoot.
yup that's why i stated in restrained conditions .Secondly, there might be not enough space behind to step back in order to fill the frame
i think the cheap 70-300 ones can give acceptable quality already in this regard.And lastly, long lenses that can deliver good image quality don't come at cheap price (think about L telephoto primes).