Aperture when shooting Panoramic photos

4 years 10 months ago #645042 by Ryan Obryan
Some lenses when you shoot at higher f/stops create lens distortion, seeing that you are going to be stacking shots anyway, would it make sense to shoot at a wider aperture, granted the depth of field wont be the same, however that shouldn't matter because you'll be stacking shots and now you'll have the lens operating in it's sweet spot.  


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4 years 10 months ago #645043 by Ryan Obryan
Whoops I hit enter before I was done.  

But do I have the idea right?  My pano shooting has never been strong and I'd like to improve my skills here.  

When you are shooting a pano of a landscape for example, where you want maximum depth of field, would you consider shooting with wider aperture?


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4 years 10 months ago #645065 by Nikon Shooter

Ryan Obryan wrote: where you want maximum depth of field, would you consider shooting with wider aperture?


I think there is a terms confusion in your question, Ryan.

I shoot panos between ƒ8 and ƒ11 and make sure to get
the right focus point. I'd rather raise the ISO… since the
stitching will increase the resolution automatically.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 10 months ago #645067 by garyrhook
Are you talking about focus stacking, or panoramas? Not the same thing (although they can be combined).

Maximum depth of field comes with a more narrow aperture. Not wider.

f/8 - f/11 should be more than adequate for a panoramic landscape photo, if you chose the right focus point (hyperfocal distance). Most lenses should handle that aperture quite well. Anything past that depends upon the lens, so you have to experiment.

As for focus stacking, can't comment on that. I've not figured out how to do that for a landscape, and have yet to locate a good tutorial.

On the other hand, this was shot at f/2.8, about 6-7 images, IIRC. I think I focused on the front of the mountains.



There's no single answer.


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4 years 10 months ago #645075 by Ryan Obryan
I guess I was talking about both.  I was thinking that if I was stacking images already for the purpose of stitching the pano, that I could pull off a two birds one stone by using wider aperture to get a sharper shot. 


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4 years 10 months ago #645076 by Nikon Shooter

Ryan Obryan wrote: … using wider aperture to get a sharper shot. 


I think you are not yet cleared with the terminology!

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4 years 10 months ago #645087 by Ryan Obryan

Nikon Shooter wrote:

Ryan Obryan wrote: … using wider aperture to get a sharper shot. 


I think you are not yet cleared with the terminology!


I'm realizing that.  I'm over at Youtube watching some video's on creating panos.  Longer video's so will watch when I get home this evening.  

Thank you for the help!


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4 years 10 months ago #645090 by Shadowfixer1

Ryan Obryan wrote: Some lenses when you shoot at higher f/stops create lens distortion, seeing that you are going to be stacking shots anyway, would it make sense to shoot at a wider aperture, granted the depth of field wont be the same, however that shouldn't matter because you'll be stacking shots and now you'll have the lens operating in it's sweet spot.  

Lens distortion? I think you may be thinking of diffraction. Diffraction makes the image softer and you seem to be talking about sharpness more than distortion. It's preferable to shoot panos in manual mode so the exposure doesn't change across the image.
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