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AF Area settings for AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8
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<blockquote data-quote="JDFlood" data-source="post: 167582" data-attributes="member: 11653"><p>The 35mm is a good lens. Sharp focus is easy when you are shooting f8 or above. So using it for low light means you are going to have a very narrow depth of field so focusing will be trickier. I recommend you get a DOF app for your iPhone or iPad. They show you graphically the depth of field for each fStop and distance. Just think about different shots and how big the depth of field is. It will be less than a foot at 6 feet. Will it fit? I think your camera has facial recognition, so set to multi-point focusing it will probably do a good job, up until its limits. So learning it's limits would be useful. I personally would review the DOF of the lens, then set camera to single point focusing and put the point on the eye of the primary subject. The DOF gets bigger quick, so if you close down the lens to f2.8 it gets to around a foot and a half. Anyway, using the camera on 11point will do a good job, up until the limits of the lens. If you realize that you need three feet of depth of field, then you had better estimate what fStop the camera must be on to get that, put it on Aperture priority at that fStop f5.6 and let the camera adjust the rest of the exposure. But then you must pay attention to the shutter speed... As it my dip below 1/125, then you'll start blurring... So you'll have to use the flash. The camera is pretty good at figuring this stuff out... But only to it's limits. This is where better cameras come in, having less limits. I hope I have not done more to confuse you. Photos are free, I would do practicing... The dog, wife.... Whatever, play at f1.8... You'll quickly get a feel for how narrow the depth of field is. JD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JDFlood, post: 167582, member: 11653"] The 35mm is a good lens. Sharp focus is easy when you are shooting f8 or above. So using it for low light means you are going to have a very narrow depth of field so focusing will be trickier. I recommend you get a DOF app for your iPhone or iPad. They show you graphically the depth of field for each fStop and distance. Just think about different shots and how big the depth of field is. It will be less than a foot at 6 feet. Will it fit? I think your camera has facial recognition, so set to multi-point focusing it will probably do a good job, up until its limits. So learning it's limits would be useful. I personally would review the DOF of the lens, then set camera to single point focusing and put the point on the eye of the primary subject. The DOF gets bigger quick, so if you close down the lens to f2.8 it gets to around a foot and a half. Anyway, using the camera on 11point will do a good job, up until the limits of the lens. If you realize that you need three feet of depth of field, then you had better estimate what fStop the camera must be on to get that, put it on Aperture priority at that fStop f5.6 and let the camera adjust the rest of the exposure. But then you must pay attention to the shutter speed... As it my dip below 1/125, then you'll start blurring... So you'll have to use the flash. The camera is pretty good at figuring this stuff out... But only to it's limits. This is where better cameras come in, having less limits. I hope I have not done more to confuse you. Photos are free, I would do practicing... The dog, wife.... Whatever, play at f1.8... You'll quickly get a feel for how narrow the depth of field is. JD [/QUOTE]
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