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<blockquote data-quote="Rawfocus" data-source="post: 120189" data-attributes="member: 13129">Hi all, thanks for your inputs and briefings about how the various terminologies actually work on the camera, im fascinated to now tinker with various things and see how different settings affect each other. I will ask one question and one only for now and that is to Eye-level after his post. You say ''Sometimes you'll want to stop down a lens though so that all of the picture is in focus - stopping down will increase your depth of field''.Ok, firstly, what is ''stopping down''? and secondly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Why would you shoot in a high Aperture if you wanted to focus on things in the background?Thanks! </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rawfocus, post: 120189, member: 13129"] Hi all, thanks for your inputs and briefings about how the various terminologies actually work on the camera, im fascinated to now tinker with various things and see how different settings affect each other. I will ask one question and one only for now and that is to Eye-level after his post. You say ''[COLOR=#000000]Sometimes you'll want to stop down a lens though so that all of the picture is in focus - stopping down will increase your depth of field''.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Ok, firstly, what is ''stopping down''? and secondly :) Why would you shoot in a high Aperture if you wanted to focus on things in the background? Thanks! [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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