I would say that there's no need to use more than F8-F11 to get everything sharp as long as you are familiar with the hyperfocal discantce of your lenses...This is very important in landscape photography since going higher than F16 will mostly cause difraction...
Anyway...There's a math behind it so the easiest way would be to use 1/3 rule. It means you need to focus one third of the way in the scene, lock the focus, reframe and take your picture.
Hi Gordan, I have started to take landscape shots with a Tamron SP 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II
I am unhappy with this lenses as the corners of the image seem blurred. I have been looking at the Nikon range of lenses but I can't make up my mind :( I would spend what I have to but I don't want to buy twice again. Can you recommend?
@nightubble It does. It's the green square on the mode dial like other Canon cameras. I recommend reading through the manual - it'll also explain the DOF preview button you have a question about.
@XoXoBlackCrowXoXo SO that it ready for spontaneous shots. It's easy to forget to leave it in a different mode and miss a shot at a later time. Your choice thjough.
Great info you got here. I was wondering if you could do some tips on shooting DSLR video, especiall when outdoors. I have issues when it comes to exposing for my subject, say for an interview, and when I expose for the person's face, everything in the background is washed out. And bringing a light kit outside is rather unfeasible. Any info you could provide would be great!
I have a question how do i or better question what is the best focus type on a DSLR. I recently bought the Pentax K-r and it has 4 different AF types. What do you personally use ? Does it matter ?
something that nobody mentions about apeture when doing landscapes. its ok having camera set to av to correct the shutter speed while getting good depth of field, but shutter speed also effects colour ballance, fast speeds can make a sunset richer colour . and slow= pale colours, i find it best to use manual mode for landscapes, just for that extra control over colour, rather than use apeture compansation, filters are a must too
You should add that using F20 and above with APS-C / EF-S is sensless. You have everything in focus? Yes, maybe but everything is horribly blurred due to diffraction! Especially a landscape shot has to show a lot of detail, but with using such an aperture this is impossible due to diffraction. I try to avoid f-numbers above 10-14 even when taking macro shots with my 50d. 4-5 is the "sweet-spot" of EF-S lenses.
@Gerrit944 Gordon has already explained this. However it is not "senseless" as you put it. It's getting the shot vs not getting it. With subjects very close to the lens to very far away you have no choice but using F22 diffraction or no diffraction. The difference isn't as big as you'd think either. It's either that or take out the foreground and go back to shooting at F8; although that may make for boring photography. What do you think?
Hey gordon.I have a problem and i would be glad if you could help me.When i put my canon eos 400d in high F(appr.22) and try to take a photo it always comes out blury...why is that?thanx a lot!
Can i Shoot at 24fps / 720p or 24fps / 1080p on Cannon 500D? i need help how to do this settings.. thank u very much if any could help for that settings
I wish for 24fps in HD, but Canon shipped that wreck prematurely. Hell, the Orientation Sensor doesn't even work. It writes the orientation in an EXIF field- big whoop. You still have to use software to rotate it. Which defeats the purpose of even having the sensor. The 500D/550D don't even rotate the images upon playback.
Canon could fix this with a firmware update but they don't care. They already have our money.
I see no difference at all with my 550D + Canon EFS18-200 IS zoom lens, be it at F6.3 or F36. Do I REALLY have to zoom ALL THE WAY out to make sure all of the photos are focused? What if I want close ups that don't blur out the background? Is that possible?
Hey CameraLabs- ever try this with the Canon EOS Rebel T1i / 500D? Because even going out to F22 it still looks horribly uncrisp. I will never buy another Canon dSLR.
I love your videos and have been trying for ever to create an account on the camera labs forums, but I don't know how to get the VIP CODE. could you help? thanks.
I think that there's a tendency for people to switch to something like f22 when shooting lanscapes when in actual fact much of the time a far larger aperature, even as low as f5.6, can produce better results - naturally this isn't the case if your composition requires that you have very near objects in focus.
Of course Gordon is correct that basically F8 on a small sensor digi camera is equal to about F16 on a 35 mm film camera ... addendum to my message below to pvspiero
Of course Gordon is correct that basically F8 on a small sensor digi camera is equal to about F16 on a 35 mm film camera ... addendum to my message below to pvspiero
Of course Gordon is correct that basically F8 on a small sensor digi camera is equal to about F16 on a 35 mm film camera ... addendum to my message below to pvspiero
great vids and tips many thanks I just totally confused myself, ive been adjusting the settings on my canon eos 550d while listening to your advice and noticed that both my camera and yours had [ 189] in the bottom right corner, i was trying to work out why changing these settings had limited us to 189 pictures then i realised its just a coincidence!!
@cameralabs..hi gordon! i am a beginner using nikkon d3000 bought a week ago..of all the tutorials i watch in youtube, you are the most informative video i ever watch..though you speak fast, it is so clear and very informative! thanks alot and thank you so much for posting! i am sure you are a great help for all the watchers here..:)
@BeInGLeaD If you leave your camera in Manual, then see a sudden opportunity, chances are the exposure you set previously will be wrong. If you leave your camera in Auto after experimenting in the other modes, it will always be ready.
I've got one question about my camera, the Canon Powershot SX20 IS. Why is it that it has such a small range from apertures (f2.8 - f8)? I'veseen that many super-zooms suffer from this , but my question is why, because I've tried to get sharp images all the way from the foreground to the background whe zooming in, bu with such a wide aperture, I've been unable to achive it.
@pvspiero Non-DSLRs like the SX20 have very small sensors and very short actual focal lengths, so their depth-of-field (DOF) is actually much larger than a DSLR given the same f-number. The f-numbers are not comparable on both types of cameras when it comes to DOF. So f8 on a compact like the SX20 IS is actually equivalent to something closer to f22 on a DSLR. You should get loads in focus at f8 on the SX20 IS, especially if you're zoomed-out. Zoom-in and the DOF will reduce though.
Since small sensor camera lenses r physically small, the actual lens Aperture size is quite small as u stop down. 1 starts 2 run into what is known as Diffraction, which puts a limit on resolution, ie. "sharpness." At a certain point the gain in additional "focus" by stopping the lens down is negated by loss of resolution due 2 diffraction. Google Diffraction. Thus modern digi cam lenses don't stop down 2 say F16 - which could b handy when u want 2 use slower shutter speeds in bright light.
Since small sensor camera lenses r physically small, the actual lens Aperture size is quite small as u stop down. 1 starts 2 run into what is known as Diffraction, which puts a limit on resolution, ie. "sharpness." At a certain point the gain in additional "focus" by stopping the lens down is negated by loss of resolution due 2 diffraction. Google Diffraction. Thus modern digi cam lenses don't stop down 2 say F16 - which could b handy when u want 2 use slower shutter speeds in bright light.
Since small sensor camera lenses r physically small, the actual lens Aperture size is quite small as u stop down. 1 starts 2 run into what is known as Diffraction, which puts a limit on resolution, ie. "sharpness." At a certain point the gain in additional "focus" by stopping the lens down is negated by loss of resolution due 2 diffraction. Google Diffraction. Thus modern digi cam lenses don't stop down 2 say F16 - which could b handy when u want 2 use slower shutter speeds in bright light.
HI! I was wondering when focusing things of dark colors, and taking the picture, every thing else seem to get white, and other way around for focusing on white colors. is there any advise for me?
As a newbie I was searching the Tube and I saw on another site that when you take away your eye from the lens piece after setting your "settings" (ap, ISO, shutter speed etc) that ambient light can enter the eyepiece and can affect your photo. One suggestion was to cover the eyepiece to negate this affect. Do you feel this is true and if so could you explain why? I tend to question its validity since I don't see other pros covering the eyepiece as they move away from the eyepiece.
@meltdownman1 Yes, it can be a problem on some cameras under some conditions, but to be honest it's never affected me. But you could still do it to be better safe than sorry.
Thank you Gordon. I loved your tips. I bought my first SLR camera and I'm so lost. I don't know how to use it but I loved taking pictures. Once again thank you. Your tips really helped.
I just wanted to say, You are great! Your reviews and tutorials are so detailed and helpful! I just got the Canon T2i, and I love it! You workshops have helped me with so much! Thank you again and keep up the good work!
Hi , i love all ur videos :) ... its been very much use full to me :) i have learned very much from ur tutorials.... n i have d canon 550 D camera n 18-55 mm kit lens :) n i would like to learn how to focus manually for videos , so could you plz make a tutorial for that , it ll be very much help full to me n loads of beginners like me :) . Thanks :) ..
Thank you for making this video clip. It is very easy to follow and understand. You speak clearly without jargon, no nonsense, just straight facts. The examples and explanations on how to adjust the camera help too.
Now, I might have a dumb question but I'll ask it anyways.
Imagine you are at horse or car race, close to the track, at finish line, you want to take that 90 degrees shot, following subjects, with blurred background. I tried last weekend, with my Nikkor 70-300mm and it just can't auto focus that fast, tried manual to get at least one sharp shot, didn't work very well.
How do you set focus in these situations, when you know where subject is going to be but you cant't reach that place?
man thank you so much .u helped me so much ,i just bought a canon rebal xs 1000 ,and i was playing around with it today trying to get it all set up but when i went to buy this they told me i was a ez as a point and shoot .it wasent atleast not for me .but yea after watching this video i understand how and what the apatue thing with thos numbers f8 and so on .thank you agin i now understand a bit more of photogrophy
@Elvie971 You should be able to so long as you stopped taking more photos. Try a piece of software called 'recover my photos' - it works really well, but again if you have already started taking more pictures, it may have permanently erased your deleted ones.
Excellent series of videos, ive been reviewing em all, as well as looking over the forums. I have a burning question, which you touch on at 5:07, but stop just short. Typically, when you are shooting large landscapes where you want everything in focus, where do you set your focus? I noted you said half way. Ive also heard people say 1/3 of the way in, and others speak to using a distance setting on MF that isnt infinity. Do you have some extra info on this?
What's the point in using the A-setting when you can use the Manual setting? I mean you can change both the shutter speed and the f/ in Manual. Or maybe I've missed something =)
@applepiewithtoast Either is possible but if you wish to compose a shot quickly then using the priority setting would be an advantage. In addition, if you are shooting without a tripod then you do not really have as much leeway in terms of selecting a shutter speed with a large aperture (and vice versa) anyways, if you wish to have sharp photos.
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"Remember to always return your camera setting to the fully automatic mode"!? What kind of shit advice is that? If you're aspiring to learn how to take good photos with your dSLR, the fully automatic mode is the last mode you want to be using as it offers absolutely shit control of your shot; with it, you might as well (save the option to chose your lens, or adjust tele-zoom) stick with compact cameras. AVOID the fully automatic mode and learn your Av, Tv, and Manual settings.
@chrirus2006 Why do people always misunderstand this point? If you leave your camera in Manual, then see a sudden opportunity, chances are the exposure you set previously will be wrong. If you leave your camera in Auto after experimenting in the other modes, it will always be ready. You may be surprised to learn many pros shoot in Program or Auto, but feel free to leave yours on Manual if it makes you feel better.
@cameralabs I dunno, I'm by no means a pro, but find that the auto setting gives shit results; much prefer to grab quick shots in Av/Tv, as this allows for more control of the shot. Manual for planned/no stress shots, but I've never taken a shot in Auto/Program that I've felt satisfied with. Granted, I'm a ridiculous perfectionist that rarely ever feels satisfied with anything that is significantly short of "perfect", but learning to quickly work with Av/Tv is to me much preferable to the Auto.
Your videos are some of the best on You Tube. Great explanation, easy to understand, easy to learn. Thanks a lot for taking the time to put all these videos together!!
Gordon, i don't get it. If i turn the modus to "A" and do it to F8, it get's just too dark. Should i actually turn to ISO up? Or just bright? i hope you can help, your videos really help me =)
@NFSMWgamer This could be a number of things - best to discuss it in the dlsrtips section of the forum at cameralabs . com - one of us will help you there.
@NFSMWgamer: You must understand thoroughly the balancing or compensation between Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO to get proper exposure. By exposure means the exposure of the sensor to the light coming in.
@foreveremo Hope you have gotten answer to this question already but if not I'll let you know now. If you want to have a lot of things (near and far) in focus, you use high F stop (like f/16 or whatever) but if you want to have just the particular thing you are pointing at in focus and everything else blurry then THE OPPOSITE is true. So you want to have a very low F stop, like F1.8 for example, of course even lower would make more and more stuff infront and behind blurry.
hi, your video really help a lot. specially for starters like me.i been watching your review from the start i am choosing my first dlsr brand up to now that i am trying practice using it Thank a lot. by the way is AF-S DX VR 55-200mm lens compatible with a D3000 and another What is a ISO & its purpose. Hope to hear from you.
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when you are doing a strobist shoot, do people call you Flash Gordan??? ha ha, I amaze myself sometimes at just how funny i can be... keep up the great work :)
I've read this a hundred times. And just now it finally made sense. Thanks Gordon! :) In buying my first dslr resently, your videos was a great help! The best there is!. I was very familiar with your face in the end hehe. I wish you would review more pentax stuff though. I ended up buying the K-x. Would love to see that tested by you.
Glad you found it useful! PS - Pentax refuses to send me kit to test anymore, so that's why there's no reviews from me. Feel free to complain to them!
This is the best camera tricks tutor I have seen. Gordon teaches you directly and goes straight into the point where other people provide you with so much redundant information you barely even understand.
Thanks! Some people complain that I miss out too many things in these videos, but I'm trying to make them as approachable as possible for the maximum number of viewers. Don't forget there's lots more info at my websites dslrtips . com and cameralabs . com!
Thank you so much for all your videos! Now I know why you should use intermediate F numbers! I was using only extremes for one or the other desired effect! Thank you!
AF/MF refers to focusing. Auto/Manual. It depends on whch you prefer, I regularly use MF as a preference, but for a beginner, you're probably better off using auto (AF)
Good explanation, patience and detailed. Nice video
TheHujia 2 weeks ago
Perfect video !!
TheSwarun 2 weeks ago
THankyou Brother : ) you cleared alot of my doubts..
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Trustedbrandsss 4 weeks ago
I would say that there's no need to use more than F8-F11 to get everything sharp as long as you are familiar with the hyperfocal discantce of your lenses...This is very important in landscape photography since going higher than F16 will mostly cause difraction...
MyPassionsss 1 month ago
Anyway...There's a math behind it so the easiest way would be to use 1/3 rule. It means you need to focus one third of the way in the scene, lock the focus, reframe and take your picture.
MyPassionsss 1 month ago
This actually taught me a lot! I've watched loads of videos on stuff like this but this one really hit the nail on the head for me. Thankyou! :)
TuvaluXanadu405 1 month ago
Hi Gordan, I have started to take landscape shots with a Tamron SP 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II
I am unhappy with this lenses as the corners of the image seem blurred. I have been looking at the Nikon range of lenses but I can't make up my mind :( I would spend what I have to but I don't want to buy twice again. Can you recommend?
Paul
pjos111 2 months ago
what about when recording a video?
TheDim360 2 months ago
@TheDim360 Yep, this all applies to video too.
cameralabs 2 months ago 3
@cameralabs :( i tried this in video with the apperture almost shut and it was really blur in the bg. im using a 18-55
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TheDim360 1 month ago
@cameralabs how come my canon 7d has no automatic setting ?? =(
nightubble 6 days ago
@nightubble It does. It's the green square on the mode dial like other Canon cameras. I recommend reading through the manual - it'll also explain the DOF preview button you have a question about.
cameralabs 6 days ago
@cameralabs owh ya. how do i use the button called "dept of field" ..when i press it.. nothing happens .
nightubble 6 days ago
@cameralabs one last thing, when i use the auto settings, it always has the flash popping up .
nightubble 6 days ago
@cameralabs can you make a tutorial about light painting ? :)
nightubble 6 days ago
why you need to turn it back to program mode after using it?
XoXoBlackCrowXoXo 2 months ago
@XoXoBlackCrowXoXo SO that it ready for spontaneous shots. It's easy to forget to leave it in a different mode and miss a shot at a later time. Your choice thjough.
cameralabs 2 months ago
@cameralabs ohhh thanks :D is there a video about explanation of all the modes in your dslr?
XoXoBlackCrowXoXo 2 months ago
Awesome Tutorials, sir! Very Good! Much Much Better than many tutorials out there. Greetings from Brazil!
agoice 2 months ago 2
Good, clear stuff! Well presented.
haggidubious 3 months ago
thanks for this, u saved a life
SquareballTV 3 months ago
Great info you got here. I was wondering if you could do some tips on shooting DSLR video, especiall when outdoors. I have issues when it comes to exposing for my subject, say for an interview, and when I expose for the person's face, everything in the background is washed out. And bringing a light kit outside is rather unfeasible. Any info you could provide would be great!
pksmb1120 4 months ago in playlist video tips
very informative video! i am buying a DSLR :)
Thanks Gordon for your guidance.
Keep it up....
saiqasq 4 months ago
I have a question how do i or better question what is the best focus type on a DSLR. I recently bought the Pentax K-r and it has 4 different AF types. What do you personally use ? Does it matter ?
waltabeast 5 months ago
Thanks for your easy to follow vid's helped me so much i'm taking better pictures now.....
hormster 5 months ago
something that nobody mentions about apeture when doing landscapes. its ok having camera set to av to correct the shutter speed while getting good depth of field, but shutter speed also effects colour ballance, fast speeds can make a sunset richer colour . and slow= pale colours, i find it best to use manual mode for landscapes, just for that extra control over colour, rather than use apeture compansation, filters are a must too
markash1971 6 months ago
Well that was a waste of time I'm looking for hyperfocal length
12shinobi12 6 months ago
You should add that using F20 and above with APS-C / EF-S is sensless. You have everything in focus? Yes, maybe but everything is horribly blurred due to diffraction! Especially a landscape shot has to show a lot of detail, but with using such an aperture this is impossible due to diffraction. I try to avoid f-numbers above 10-14 even when taking macro shots with my 50d. 4-5 is the "sweet-spot" of EF-S lenses.
Gerrit944 6 months ago
@Gerrit944 Gordon has already explained this. However it is not "senseless" as you put it. It's getting the shot vs not getting it. With subjects very close to the lens to very far away you have no choice but using F22 diffraction or no diffraction. The difference isn't as big as you'd think either. It's either that or take out the foreground and go back to shooting at F8; although that may make for boring photography. What do you think?
arubaforever 6 months ago
you nikon fans should die i got so caried away that i bought a nikon d3100 and it didnt last very long all my money gone
SuperGloogle 6 months ago
@SuperGloogle nigga dat yo fault
DisIsHowiRoll 5 months ago
@DisIsHowiRoll hm how is it my fault when i turn it on it says error blah blah blah please blah blah blah
SuperGloogle 5 months ago
@SuperGloogle i highly doubt that was your error message
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SuperGloogle 5 months ago
great tutes!
kinezy 7 months ago
thumbs up if you liked this DSLR Tips: How to get lots in focus
sexykatie90 8 months ago
is it better just keeping it the same? does ISAO have auto if so is that better?
jackie20ization 8 months ago
Sting?:))
Rgoodman666 8 months ago
Hey gordon.I have a problem and i would be glad if you could help me.When i put my canon eos 400d in high F(appr.22) and try to take a photo it always comes out blury...why is that?thanx a lot!
gamitheitai 9 months ago
If you have question just go to the cameralabs website.. then ask your question on the forum!
MrMatz45 10 months ago
Can i Shoot at 24fps / 720p or 24fps / 1080p on Cannon 500D? i need help how to do this settings.. thank u very much if any could help for that settings
colincolin1 10 months ago
@colincolin1
I wish for 24fps in HD, but Canon shipped that wreck prematurely. Hell, the Orientation Sensor doesn't even work. It writes the orientation in an EXIF field- big whoop. You still have to use software to rotate it. Which defeats the purpose of even having the sensor. The 500D/550D don't even rotate the images upon playback.
Canon could fix this with a firmware update but they don't care. They already have our money.
Canon is so last decade.
SaganAppreciationSoc 8 months ago
I see no difference at all with my 550D + Canon EFS18-200 IS zoom lens, be it at F6.3 or F36. Do I REALLY have to zoom ALL THE WAY out to make sure all of the photos are focused? What if I want close ups that don't blur out the background? Is that possible?
sReelous 10 months ago
@sReelous
I have the 500D. They suck in more ways than 5 of my cameras combined.
SaganAppreciationSoc 8 months ago
thanks for sharing....more power....
nelson100965 11 months ago
for some reason when i changed my f number higher...my shutter be so damn slow
rightguard88 11 months ago
Hey CameraLabs- ever try this with the Canon EOS Rebel T1i / 500D? Because even going out to F22 it still looks horribly uncrisp. I will never buy another Canon dSLR.
SaganAppreciationSoc 11 months ago
@SaganAppreciationSoc nikon for life brother.
jimbob615 8 months ago
@jimbob615
Nikon heavily funds Safari Club International, and their political action committee. As a result, I cannot patronize them.
SaganAppreciationSoc 8 months ago
so the aperture sort of works like the pupil does getting smaller to focus at night?
aVEzPz 11 months ago
Excellent tutorial.Thank you for posting this.
DelayLoy 11 months ago
Great tutorial ..learned lots of things as I m a beginner...thnx alot...waiting for more videos for canon 550d
asifiqbal86 11 months ago
nice video :) thanks
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@bautilicious It's on the about us page - there's a link at the bottom of every page outside the forum.
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I put all your tip videos on my iTouch in case of any question I get when I'm out there taking pictures. Your videos are a huge help!
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that is how i would do it.
AdlerChalk 1 year ago
I think that there's a tendency for people to switch to something like f22 when shooting lanscapes when in actual fact much of the time a far larger aperature, even as low as f5.6, can produce better results - naturally this isn't the case if your composition requires that you have very near objects in focus.
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Of course Gordon is correct that basically F8 on a small sensor digi camera is equal to about F16 on a 35 mm film camera ... addendum to my message below to pvspiero
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makofoto 1 year ago
Of course Gordon is correct that basically F8 on a small sensor digi camera is equal to about F16 on a 35 mm film camera ... addendum to my message below to pvspiero
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great vids and tips many thanks I just totally confused myself, ive been adjusting the settings on my canon eos 550d while listening to your advice and noticed that both my camera and yours had [ 189] in the bottom right corner, i was trying to work out why changing these settings had limited us to 189 pictures then i realised its just a coincidence!!
YLJW4 1 year ago
@cameralabs..hi gordon! i am a beginner using nikkon d3000 bought a week ago..of all the tutorials i watch in youtube, you are the most informative video i ever watch..though you speak fast, it is so clear and very informative! thanks alot and thank you so much for posting! i am sure you are a great help for all the watchers here..:)
arvenjay 1 year ago
Hi Gordon. I am just wondering, why do u keep remind us to put the setting back to P or Automatic Setting~??
BeInGLeaD 1 year ago
@BeInGLeaD If you leave your camera in Manual, then see a sudden opportunity, chances are the exposure you set previously will be wrong. If you leave your camera in Auto after experimenting in the other modes, it will always be ready.
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@cameralabs OHhhhhh~ THanks~ :P
BeInGLeaD 1 year ago
Hey Gordon,
I've got one question about my camera, the Canon Powershot SX20 IS. Why is it that it has such a small range from apertures (f2.8 - f8)? I'veseen that many super-zooms suffer from this , but my question is why, because I've tried to get sharp images all the way from the foreground to the background whe zooming in, bu with such a wide aperture, I've been unable to achive it.
pvspiero 1 year ago
@pvspiero Non-DSLRs like the SX20 have very small sensors and very short actual focal lengths, so their depth-of-field (DOF) is actually much larger than a DSLR given the same f-number. The f-numbers are not comparable on both types of cameras when it comes to DOF. So f8 on a compact like the SX20 IS is actually equivalent to something closer to f22 on a DSLR. You should get loads in focus at f8 on the SX20 IS, especially if you're zoomed-out. Zoom-in and the DOF will reduce though.
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Since small sensor camera lenses r physically small, the actual lens Aperture size is quite small as u stop down. 1 starts 2 run into what is known as Diffraction, which puts a limit on resolution, ie. "sharpness." At a certain point the gain in additional "focus" by stopping the lens down is negated by loss of resolution due 2 diffraction. Google Diffraction. Thus modern digi cam lenses don't stop down 2 say F16 - which could b handy when u want 2 use slower shutter speeds in bright light.
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SuperGloogle 6 months ago
@pvspiero :) :) We have the same camera !!!!! You have any photos online you took with it?
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Since small sensor camera lenses r physically small, the actual lens Aperture size is quite small as u stop down. 1 starts 2 run into what is known as Diffraction, which puts a limit on resolution, ie. "sharpness." At a certain point the gain in additional "focus" by stopping the lens down is negated by loss of resolution due 2 diffraction. Google Diffraction. Thus modern digi cam lenses don't stop down 2 say F16 - which could b handy when u want 2 use slower shutter speeds in bright light.
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@lolitaluvphotography
hear hear !!!
grumhellscream 1 year ago
HI! I was wondering when focusing things of dark colors, and taking the picture, every thing else seem to get white, and other way around for focusing on white colors. is there any advise for me?
starthi 1 year ago
like yourtutorials..good job and thanks
jijuka78 1 year ago
THANK YOU! exactly what i was looking for! subed!
leow626569 1 year ago
As a newbie I was searching the Tube and I saw on another site that when you take away your eye from the lens piece after setting your "settings" (ap, ISO, shutter speed etc) that ambient light can enter the eyepiece and can affect your photo. One suggestion was to cover the eyepiece to negate this affect. Do you feel this is true and if so could you explain why? I tend to question its validity since I don't see other pros covering the eyepiece as they move away from the eyepiece.
Thanks
meltdownman1 1 year ago
@meltdownman1 Yes, it can be a problem on some cameras under some conditions, but to be honest it's never affected me. But you could still do it to be better safe than sorry.
cameralabs 1 year ago
Hi Gordon, "Zoom your lens out to its wide angle setting" merely means to zoom out the lens? Do we need to change setting to wide-angle?
nstarbaby 1 year ago
NICE ONE THANKS GORDON.,,,.,
colxdark 1 year ago
Gordon, we love you! :D ;)
sign0in0to0you0tube 1 year ago
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Hi Gordon, I want to buy some Nikon wide angle lenses. Any suggestions? I use the D5000
Malone071 1 year ago
Hi Gordon, I want to buy some Nikon wide angle lenses. Any suggestions?
Malone071 1 year ago
there are no rules in taking photos its the mistakes that make the best photos :)
markennvibryan 1 year ago 2
Thank you Gordon. I loved your tips. I bought my first SLR camera and I'm so lost. I don't know how to use it but I loved taking pictures. Once again thank you. Your tips really helped.
missmaryvang 1 year ago
great video
MacNikon007 1 year ago
THANK YOU!
thekoolaidhunter 1 year ago
Hey Gordon!
I just wanted to say, You are great! Your reviews and tutorials are so detailed and helpful! I just got the Canon T2i, and I love it! You workshops have helped me with so much! Thank you again and keep up the good work!
-Gerrit
cousinproductions100 1 year ago
Many thanks for this tutorial, it has helped me greatly
modernspeycasting 1 year ago
thats very simple Elvie....Just take the pictures again !
chillin4ever 1 year ago
hi gordon, can you pls. show what focal length, f-number, exposure time, iso speed, exposure program mode, etc. every photos you shoot..thanks..
zhardu 1 year ago
Hi , i love all ur videos :) ... its been very much use full to me :) i have learned very much from ur tutorials.... n i have d canon 550 D camera n 18-55 mm kit lens :) n i would like to learn how to focus manually for videos , so could you plz make a tutorial for that , it ll be very much help full to me n loads of beginners like me :) . Thanks :) ..
sye005 1 year ago
Hi Gordon,
Thank you for making this video clip. It is very easy to follow and understand. You speak clearly without jargon, no nonsense, just straight facts. The examples and explanations on how to adjust the camera help too.
bummer4451 1 year ago 2
hi i put it in A but there is noise in picture.
colxdark 1 year ago
@colxdark The noise has nothing to do with your "A"-Mode (Aperture) it's because you have very high ISO setting on your camera.
Buraken 1 year ago
recharge your battery! xD good tips ty
IZanmaruI 1 year ago
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Now, I might have a dumb question but I'll ask it anyways.
Imagine you are at horse or car race, close to the track, at finish line, you want to take that 90 degrees shot, following subjects, with blurred background. I tried last weekend, with my Nikkor 70-300mm and it just can't auto focus that fast, tried manual to get at least one sharp shot, didn't work very well.
How do you set focus in these situations, when you know where subject is going to be but you cant't reach that place?
zharcos 1 year ago
man thank you so much .u helped me so much ,i just bought a canon rebal xs 1000 ,and i was playing around with it today trying to get it all set up but when i went to buy this they told me i was a ez as a point and shoot .it wasent atleast not for me .but yea after watching this video i understand how and what the apatue thing with thos numbers f8 and so on .thank you agin i now understand a bit more of photogrophy
boricguitar 1 year ago
Hi Gordon, I accidentally deleted all my image in my rebel T1i is there a chance that I can recover the image. Thank you so much.
Elvie971 1 year ago
@Elvie971 You should be able to so long as you stopped taking more photos. Try a piece of software called 'recover my photos' - it works really well, but again if you have already started taking more pictures, it may have permanently erased your deleted ones.
cameralabs 1 year ago 2
Thanks for your tips!!! i needed it!
Rucci74 1 year ago
Thank you --- Really appreciate all your tips on these subjects......
razorvard 1 year ago
is this the same in video mode with in a nikon dlsr thanks
21mrgwalker 1 year ago
@21mrgwalker Yes, although different name, Nikons just have a "A" usually.
Buraken 1 year ago
Hi Gorden,
Excellent series of videos, ive been reviewing em all, as well as looking over the forums. I have a burning question, which you touch on at 5:07, but stop just short. Typically, when you are shooting large landscapes where you want everything in focus, where do you set your focus? I noted you said half way. Ive also heard people say 1/3 of the way in, and others speak to using a distance setting on MF that isnt infinity. Do you have some extra info on this?
Thanks so much!
DaPsychologist 1 year ago 2
@MrIrishlogic Cough, yes, you're right!
cameralabs 1 year ago
Thanks Gordon ! Your videos are very good for beginners.
leekhaan 1 year ago
Thanks Gordon! Your videos are very good for beginners.
leekhaan 1 year ago
wow this is soo much help
your the best thanks soo much!
ManoBukhari 1 year ago
Hmm Av only best res comes on full manual
jahuuja007 1 year ago
I like the blue background of the DSLR TIPS screen thingy at the beginning and at the end..xD
xXxmidgexXx 1 year ago
What is Focus at Infinity?
HatroVille 1 year ago
thanks so much.we bought a e450 l.week.i am following ur instructions...great work
niwanthi1979 1 year ago
I love your videos but you need to get a better microphone and/or better acoustics :)
Thanks for the tips!
DeloitteDouche 1 year ago
@DeloitteDouche I have! Check out my latest camera reviews in my channel!
cameralabs 1 year ago
@DeloitteDouche There is no difficulty hearing and understanding him....
xHuntedGunzPCGx 1 year ago
What's the point in using the A-setting when you can use the Manual setting? I mean you can change both the shutter speed and the f/ in Manual. Or maybe I've missed something =)
applepiewithtoast 1 year ago
@applepiewithtoast Either is possible but if you wish to compose a shot quickly then using the priority setting would be an advantage. In addition, if you are shooting without a tripod then you do not really have as much leeway in terms of selecting a shutter speed with a large aperture (and vice versa) anyways, if you wish to have sharp photos.
SMSBJM1981 1 year ago
@SMSBJM1981 Yeah I feel kinda stupid now, after I watched the video I went out and start using the A-mode and I finally get it haha.
applepiewithtoast 1 year ago
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"Remember to always return your camera setting to the fully automatic mode"!? What kind of shit advice is that? If you're aspiring to learn how to take good photos with your dSLR, the fully automatic mode is the last mode you want to be using as it offers absolutely shit control of your shot; with it, you might as well (save the option to chose your lens, or adjust tele-zoom) stick with compact cameras. AVOID the fully automatic mode and learn your Av, Tv, and Manual settings.
chrirus2006 1 year ago
@chrirus2006 That aside, a pretty good tutorial.
chrirus2006 1 year ago
@chrirus2006 Why do people always misunderstand this point? If you leave your camera in Manual, then see a sudden opportunity, chances are the exposure you set previously will be wrong. If you leave your camera in Auto after experimenting in the other modes, it will always be ready. You may be surprised to learn many pros shoot in Program or Auto, but feel free to leave yours on Manual if it makes you feel better.
cameralabs 1 year ago 36
@cameralabs I dunno, I'm by no means a pro, but find that the auto setting gives shit results; much prefer to grab quick shots in Av/Tv, as this allows for more control of the shot. Manual for planned/no stress shots, but I've never taken a shot in Auto/Program that I've felt satisfied with. Granted, I'm a ridiculous perfectionist that rarely ever feels satisfied with anything that is significantly short of "perfect", but learning to quickly work with Av/Tv is to me much preferable to the Auto.
chrirus2006 1 year ago
@cameralabs he doesnt misunderstand i think he is just dumb in my opinion
lillen300 1 year ago
clear and simple. Great tutorial.
fumark 1 year ago
Your videos are some of the best on You Tube. Great explanation, easy to understand, easy to learn. Thanks a lot for taking the time to put all these videos together!!
chuda99 1 year ago
Gordon, i don't get it. If i turn the modus to "A" and do it to F8, it get's just too dark. Should i actually turn to ISO up? Or just bright? i hope you can help, your videos really help me =)
NFSMWgamer 1 year ago
@NFSMWgamer This could be a number of things - best to discuss it in the dlsrtips section of the forum at cameralabs . com - one of us will help you there.
cameralabs 1 year ago
@NFSMWgamer
cyrilthomson 1 year ago
@NFSMWgamer: You must understand thoroughly the balancing or compensation between Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO to get proper exposure. By exposure means the exposure of the sensor to the light coming in.
criticaltinker 1 year ago
how do you set the focus if you want a particular object to be clear but the background blurry? (not a landscape shot)
sorry if this question is badly written, i cant really explain it...
but any help is welcome :)
i have a panasonic DMC-G1
foreveremo 1 year ago
@foreveremo Hope you have gotten answer to this question already but if not I'll let you know now. If you want to have a lot of things (near and far) in focus, you use high F stop (like f/16 or whatever) but if you want to have just the particular thing you are pointing at in focus and everything else blurry then THE OPPOSITE is true. So you want to have a very low F stop, like F1.8 for example, of course even lower would make more and more stuff infront and behind blurry.
Buraken 1 year ago
great video.
to bad my camera only has from f2.8-f7.9
bowman580 1 year ago
Wow, great video! You should enter your video into this contest, Ewisdomtv
susanbunch1980 1 year ago
hi, your video really help a lot. specially for starters like me.i been watching your review from the start i am choosing my first dlsr brand up to now that i am trying practice using it Thank a lot. by the way is AF-S DX VR 55-200mm lens compatible with a D3000 and another What is a ISO & its purpose. Hope to hear from you.
pauladc22 1 year ago
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when you are doing a strobist shoot, do people call you Flash Gordan??? ha ha, I amaze myself sometimes at just how funny i can be... keep up the great work :)
dryadssaddle 1 year ago
This really shouldn't be funny, but it is!
JohnTheGodOfBiscuits 1 year ago
I've read this a hundred times. And just now it finally made sense. Thanks Gordon! :) In buying my first dslr resently, your videos was a great help! The best there is!. I was very familiar with your face in the end hehe. I wish you would review more pentax stuff though. I ended up buying the K-x. Would love to see that tested by you.
brukernavnfettsjit 1 year ago
Glad you found it useful! PS - Pentax refuses to send me kit to test anymore, so that's why there's no reviews from me. Feel free to complain to them!
cameralabs 1 year ago
damn! you explain better than my teacher!
porgas60 1 year ago 7
This is the best camera tricks tutor I have seen. Gordon teaches you directly and goes straight into the point where other people provide you with so much redundant information you barely even understand.
Thanks Gordon for this excellent tutorial.
5 stars..=D
xXxmidgexXx 1 year ago
Thanks! Some people complain that I miss out too many things in these videos, but I'm trying to make them as approachable as possible for the maximum number of viewers. Don't forget there's lots more info at my websites dslrtips . com and cameralabs . com!
cameralabs 1 year ago
You're welcome..I eagerly wait for more of your tutorials.. Keep up the good work, Gordon!
xXxmidgexXx 1 year ago
You are really good in explaining things like this!
Great video!
grimes1992 1 year ago
Thank you for the tips - they have helped.
2007omi 1 year ago
you da man
mikey1423 2 years ago 2
Great video! thank you for making your knowledge available.
luwes2000 2 years ago
Another excellent video . You are very easy to learn from because of the clear and simple delivery of your subject , many thanks .
andypaz16 2 years ago 23
What i hate about f16,f22 etc - brilliantly visible dust marks((((( ugh(((
IronAmethyst 2 years ago
Thank you Master.
chemagonz 2 years ago 4
you are the greatest!
srm2004mba 2 years ago 3
thank u so much sir!!
trinashinead 2 years ago 3
Thank you Mr. Gordon!!
Three3WiseMen 2 years ago 6
another excellent tutorial
thanks alot mr gordan
KickinSam808 2 years ago 5
thank you very much, mr. gordon.
this video is very helpful.
TheiGhoest 2 years ago 7
Thank you so much for all your videos! Now I know why you should use intermediate F numbers! I was using only extremes for one or the other desired effect! Thank you!
hugochka 2 years ago
another great video!
henda2012 2 years ago
Thanks for all these tips. :)
I'm an absolute beginner, and these tips help a lot.
I've only had a DSLR for about.... 3 days now. :)
jernov 2 years ago 7
I love all your tutorials...
Great work ... thank you very much
winarivoli 2 years ago 2
thank you so much :)
gilamonster123 2 years ago
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nobody teaches about hyperfocal distance anymore....tsk tsk tsk...
ramraker 2 years ago
These tips are designed for complete beginners.
cameralabs 2 years ago
Shoulda used a polarizing filter on the valley, it looks a little hazzy.
Mcphlee 2 years ago
Thanks is not enough for this tutorial..It's really appreciable though...as m a begininer....which mode(AF/MF) do I need to keep my lense?
towhid 2 years ago
AF/MF refers to focusing. Auto/Manual. It depends on whch you prefer, I regularly use MF as a preference, but for a beginner, you're probably better off using auto (AF)
TrueAiR 2 years ago