Thanks for the comments. I'm struggling understanding the relation****p
between aperture size, shutter speed and iso and how you can adjust
them to get the correct focus and depth of field. Don't get me wrong,
I understand these things take time and need to be learnt, I have a
good book that I'm reading and am working through the manual for the
camera.
The reason I was asking is because I went out for a walk with the kids
yesterday and got some great action shots of them and some good shots
of the landscape but any shots of them had a blurred background and
shots of the landscape had a blurred foreground, both of these types
of picture would of been enhanced by a bit more focus at short and
long range.
Rob, thanks for the explanation and the link. That makes sense. So if
I manually increase the f number I get better depth of field. I've
just tried this and my shutter speed is much slower for higher f. This
isn't great when I don't yet have a tripod. So I then tried manual and
took a few pictures with various values of f and shutter speed e.g.
f16 and s125. I can see very well what effects this has on the
picture, the colour of the sky, the darkness of the foreground, the
depth of field etc. Now that I know I can change the settings to
achieve what I want to achieve, I will try to understand it a bit
better so I can take the photos I want to take. My earlier concern was
that I didn't feel I would be able to take pictures as good as with my
point-and-click. Many Thanks.
Terry, I appreciate some good pictures can be taken with an out-of-
focus background, especially when it's done on purpose. However, I am
learning and need to understand why these things happen so that I can
decide what happens when I take the picture and not just accept what
the camera gives me. Changing my camera isn't going to help me learn
to use my DSLR and get better at photography.
If I'm going to move away from the standard aperture priority or
shutter priority methods to get the ideal photos, is there a rule of
thumb on what combinations of settings work best for a particular
photo e.g. what range of shutter speeds should genearlly be used with
an f of 16 or 22.
Thanks again.
Lee
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