Originally Posted by
ricohman
F-stop controls the aperture and by extension the Depth of Field. a Higher F-stop will produce a larger depth of field meaning more things will appear in focus in the image.
Yes. But you need to increase your exposure as you tighten up the aperture. Without a flash of course. On the Canons I use I usually let the camera decide on the shutter speed while I decide what I want for depth of field.
OK that makes perfect sense then. Is that what they refer to as "Aperture Priority"?
Thanks for your expertise Ricohman, its really been a huge help to me....at least conceptually...lets see how I do this evening when the "Magic Hour" rolls around.
Thanks to everyone for all the help and links thus far. Call me Encyclopedia Brown...I'm reading it all!