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Wide Angle Lens - opinions please

Started Mar 14, 2019 | Discussions thread
jpig Contributing Member • Posts: 556
Re: Wide Angle Lens - opinions please

CeeDave wrote:

I have (and very much like) the Rokinon 12/2, and I agree with you that “infinity (or whatever) and f/8 (or whatever) *is not good practice*. I always use the max magnified focus (usually without any peaking). Sometimes it is just a tiny nudge (there’s not a lot of focus throw), but it really does matter. This is of course even more important with longer manual focus lenses like the stellar Rokinon 135/2, but it still improves images even at 12 mm and f/8.

I focus on my main subject at f/2 in the magnified view, and then stop down to my target aperture and look around the scene — still in magnified view — to make sure I’ve got the components of the scene I want in acceptable focus. Then I pop back out of magnified view and finalize framing and exposure (using exposure compensation, usually with auto ISO).

That's exactly what I do as well, but sometimes even f/16 doesn't give enough depth of field, and f/16 is about as far as I ever want to stop down.

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