Minolta XG-7 - Creative Aperture Control

I
t
Creative
apertu
re
control
There
may
be times
when
it wall be most
important
to set
the
lens
aperture to obtain
a
particular
effect,
such
as
rendering
a
certain
range
in sharp focus
or emphasizing
a subject
against
an out-of-focus
background. In
this
case,
set
the
desired
aperture,
and
let
the
A:
Large lens
opening
camera
select
the
shutter
speed.
Small
f-num-
bers
yield
a shallow
field
of
sharp focus,
as in
Example
A
below,
while
large
f-numbers
give
greater
depth
of field,
ds in
Example
B.
To
determine
actual depth
of
filed,
use
the depth-
of-f
iled scale
(see
p.
36)
B: Small
lens opening