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Question about shooting wide open during bright light


4 years 9 months ago #649848 by Cory J
Is there any right or wrong if you want a wide open aperture during bright light to have f/2.8 and let's say shutter is 1/3200 OR would you use a variable ND or ND to get the shutter speed slower?  

Would it make any difference?  
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4 years 9 months ago #649853 by Nikon Shooter
In theory, one would be ok but make sure your best friend
(your histogram!) approves… :P
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 9 months ago #649857 by Cory J
But would your histogram be affected regardless with our without a ND used?
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4 years 9 months ago #649858 by Nikon Shooter
As long as the histogram confirms that all the DR of
the scene was properly recorded and the ISO is low,
I did not experienced it does.
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 9 months ago #649868 by icepics
If you open up the lens that much in bright light the exposure would be way off, you'd be letting too much light into the camera. So obviously you'd need to adjust with a fast shutter speed, adjust the ISO, or use a filter.

I don't know the purpose of doing that; if you want a more shallow depth of field try a somewhat large aperture and adjust accordingly. A lens may not be at its sharpest wide open.

Even if a background is blurred, whatever is there will still be in the picture, just more out of focus. It's still necessary to think about the background and how you're placing a subject in the scene. Or move yourself and change the vantage point to get the background you want.

Do some test shots and see what the histogram shows and what the photos look like and see if you can adjust or if you'll need a filter.
Sharon
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4 years 9 months ago #649872 by Cory J
Ok, I get it. Thanks for clarifying for me.

I was just trying to understand if there was any benefit in do so. I know they do that in the video world.  Just wasn't sure if it's practiced with photos.  
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4 years 9 months ago #649882 by Nikon Shooter

Cory J wrote: I know they do that in the video world.


Right… and that's because of their shooting speed.
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