principle of the third rule
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Why not? You can always use the center focus point to focus, lock the exposure and recompose after that.
the rule of third is recommend you to place the interest of your subject at the intersection points, not asking you to set your focusing point at intersection points.
btw focus and recompose will not always work, that is why modern cameras has so many focusing points.
btw focus and recompose will not always work, that is why modern cameras has so many focusing points.
Depends on the aperture you use. In landscape photography where you normally use a very small aperture like f/11 or 1/16 it doesn't matter, your DOF will be very deep anyway.
It's more of a challenge when shooting portraits.
What focal length? 18mm? Depth of field is impacted by distance to subject, aperture and focal length. Wide-angle lenses (or lenses set at wide angle, like 18mm) have a naturally deep depth of field.
Look here:
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
Let's say you're on a Canon budget model (1.6x crop sensor), at 18mm, at f/4.5, and your subject is 3 meters away from you. Your actual depth of field is almost 13 meters!
But let's say you shoot at 55mm, at f/5.6, for a "headshot" of the model (still 3m away). Your depth of field will then be 2 feet, about .65 meters.
I suggest reading up a bit more on the newbies guides to photography.
and something to add to Rashkae.
DOF is not just the f number.
It is also;
1. focal length of lens
2. distance from camera to subject
3. distance from subject to foreground. (this depends)
even with a pns, you can get a shallow DOP if you know how.
Did you put your focusing as continuous? You cannot recompose shots if you set it at that option, you can change this in your menu.
One thing I can't stand is blur photos. I delete all my blur photos immediately.
Blur photos are simply becos of one or more of these reasons. (referring to static object)
1. Lens didn't focus
2. Camera shake
3. dirty optics
This is your choice. If you are the kind who cannot stand still, continuous focus may be better for you.
we can go on the whole night trying to give you tidbits of things....and not very productive for anyone here including you.
why not spend some time reading your camera manual to find out what are the functions it has and what it does.
plus these 2 threads
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=309544
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245883
why not spend some time reading your camera manual to find out what are the functions it has and what it does.
plus these 2 threads
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=309544
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245883
Depends on what you are shooting actually, shooing moving objects would be easier on continuous focus, if you want to recompose then use single focus.
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