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JUST VIEWED, AWSOME. IM A NEWBE, HELP WITH LENS SELECTION. CURRENTLY USING OLYMPUS E 510. I HAVE A 18-180 F3.5 OR A 50 MM MACRO 2.0. IVE BEEN TOLD I CAN USE MACRO LENS FOR EVERYDAY SHOOTING AS WELL. IS THIS TRUE. KEEP UP THE GOODWORK YOUR A GODSEND FOR US NEWBEES

THANKS
TERRY



E510 18-180, 50MM 2.0 BIG MAMA 50-500 SIGMA

Please, do not type in FULL CAPS. It's often considered offensive, and looks like you're shouting

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

sorry, did not want to offend. just a habit i got into

Terry

I didn't assume you were, just that you didn't know

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Hi Terry, you can use the 50mm macro just fine for normal photos, and the f2.0 aperture will gather more light than your other lens, allowing a quicker exposure or a lower ISO setting if you have it set to f2.0.

But if you have them mounted on a tripod, it doesn't matter really. You might have a 10 second exposure on one compared to a three second exposure on the other (for example) but if the subject is still and the camera's on a triod, then it'll be equally fine.

But the important thing is not to worry to much about the theory - try it and see!

Moving people become more of a problem with longer shutter speeds though, although that might actually be the effect you're after.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

thanks gordon and everyone who has given me imput. gordon, read all your tutorials and camera labs at least once a week.

thanks again to all

terry



olympus 18-180 50mm macro 50-500 big bertha 2x tele

being a newbee got a dumb question. inorder to get the smallet f number would i zoom in or out. gordons tutorial does not help. any help would be appreciated. thanks to all



terry



olympus e510

Most lenses can have bigger apertures (=larger F/numbers) if they are completely zoomed out.

There should be some markings on your lens like F/3.5 - F/5.6. The first number is the largest aperture when zoomed out, the second is the largest aperture when zoomed in.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

hey citruspers, heres my question. to get a shallow dof lower fno zoom in or zoom out large dof zoom in or out

thanks again

terru

Gordon states that you should zoom in for a maximum effect, it's in his portraits video on DSLRtips

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

ive looked at his videos and i guess i still dont understand

terry

From what I've seen, YES, zooming in narrows your depth of field

Please correct me if I'm wrong, older forum members

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

i new that was you, will give it a try

thanks as usual

terry

You're welcome as usual

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".