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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 503135" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>Best method is to set the mode to "A", and check what speed you are getting. Too high an aperture will not only require higher speed (at a given ISO), but have a lot of softening due to diffraction. Here are steps to get reasonable images, which are well exposed, using the settings from your image :-</p><p></p><p>Your settings are</p><p>. ISO 6400</p><p>. Speed 1/4000</p><p>. Aperture F14</p><p></p><p>. Now reduce you Aperture to F7.1, ISO required is reduced to 800</p><p>. Reduce speed to 1/1000, ISO required is reduced to 200, that is manageable</p><p>. If you use primes and shoot at a distance, then even F1.8 will give to sufficient DOF. A 24-70 F2.8 or a 70-200 F2.8 used at F2.8, will let you increase the speed more than 6 times over F7.1, so you can use ISO 100 outdoors.</p><p></p><p>Except for Macros, where DOF is extremely shallow and extra DOF is preferred over diffraction free images, avoid using apertures of more than F8 in normal shooting. The exceptions are situations where the light is extremely bright and lower shooting speed is desirable. In that case it is better to use higher F stops, rather than blow the highlights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 503135, member: 16090"] Best method is to set the mode to "A", and check what speed you are getting. Too high an aperture will not only require higher speed (at a given ISO), but have a lot of softening due to diffraction. Here are steps to get reasonable images, which are well exposed, using the settings from your image :- Your settings are . ISO 6400 . Speed 1/4000 . Aperture F14 . Now reduce you Aperture to F7.1, ISO required is reduced to 800 . Reduce speed to 1/1000, ISO required is reduced to 200, that is manageable . If you use primes and shoot at a distance, then even F1.8 will give to sufficient DOF. A 24-70 F2.8 or a 70-200 F2.8 used at F2.8, will let you increase the speed more than 6 times over F7.1, so you can use ISO 100 outdoors. Except for Macros, where DOF is extremely shallow and extra DOF is preferred over diffraction free images, avoid using apertures of more than F8 in normal shooting. The exceptions are situations where the light is extremely bright and lower shooting speed is desirable. In that case it is better to use higher F stops, rather than blow the highlights. [/QUOTE]
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