What is your favourite aperture to take photographs at?

[Scriabinesque]

different exposure factors, different point of focus, different distance from the lens. how can we decide what is favourite?

 

[andrewtansj]

as expected, highest vote is 2.8... well guess there shouldn't be any fav f-stop... thats where the fun comes in, using different setup and settings for different situation to create your most desired outcome...

 

[cherkel]

i think the thread title should be favourite aperture for the lens....

 

[ceecookie]

Low light - F/2.8 or F/5.6 with IS(latter is for tele lens)
Low light /w flash(i.e portraits) F/4 1/60s & Flash intensity +2(Program mode)
Outdoors - F/5.6 - F/10

 

[skywalker28]

Like most replies, there is NO one FAV aperture..... it depends on situation, but if there should be an answer to your 'open-ended' question, I would say f/5.6, which is my standby setting for my cam

 

[johnjsr]

it depends on the angel to angel which you are taking. or if you are going to have that Photos to canvas then i think you need a very superior quality of picture.


Thanks

 

[giantcanopy]

Low lighting i love to go as big an aperture as possible.
Landscape / buildings anywhere from 8 to 11.

Ryan

 

[n0eln0el]

question!
is there a big difference between f/8 and f/11?

 

[Zeddy]

I think there is no favourite. It depends on the type of photography.

 

[rendition]

Personally, I find this question to be very close to "...favourite ISO" or "...favourite shutter speed".

So what's yours?

 

[fugawie]

f8....sweet

 

[mrchua]

question!
is there a big difference between f/8 and f/11?

f8 maybe a tad blurred out towards the ends of the frame, equal sharpness though i think..

why do everyone like to shoot wide open with the largest apertures? my fav is f5.6 - 11.. well thats the range that i work with mostly

 

[Kit]

anything from f0.95 to f64.

 

[night86mare]

f8 maybe a tad blurred out towards the ends of the frame, equal sharpness though i think..

why do everyone like to shoot wide open with the largest apertures? my fav is f5.6 - 11.. well thats the range that i work with mostly

i have recently discovered that with f/32 all the time at 20mm, i can produce good blurry photographs that i can claim artistic license for..

after all, this is a new age where we try to break all the norms.. f/32 will improve your creativity for sure. :bsmilie::bsmilie: even better if you start taking photos of yourself.

 

[Sion]

i have recently discovered that with f/32 all the time at 20mm, i can produce good blurry photographs that i can claim artistic license for..

after all, this is a new age where we try to break all the norms.. f/32 will improve your creativity for sure. :bsmilie::bsmilie: even better if you start taking photos of yourself.

Hoi! Don't turn this into Kopitiam. :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

 

[mccm33]

On most lenses stop down 2 steps .Best choice .

 

[strauss]

for portraits, I'll try to stop down to as low f number as the lens can afford. For landscape, I usu. use f8...that is the sweet spot for my lens. Again, depends on the lens you use, what you are trying to shoot....and light conditions...

 

[dan_1337]

f2.8 cos that's the fastest my zooms will shoot at.

 

[spazzer]

mainly f7.1 or f8 !
depends on situation will use diff f stop but mainly 60% of the time at this 2 stops

 

[engrmariano]

what ever the maximum of the lens i use. in my case, f/2.8.