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PHOTO TIPS: AMA Z ING AER IALS

1 SHOOT WIDE OPEN there are drawbacks. As I had never used the 35mm

It may surprise you to know that for the
Although shooting wide open has its advantages,
entire flight, I shot both the 24-70 f/2.8
prime lens before, I was unaware of how much vi-
and 35mm f/1.4 wide open. When photog-
raphers shoot landscapes, they will usually
gnetting was present at f/1.4 until I opened the files
stop down their lens in order to maximise
up in Lightroom. Although this can be easily fixed
with the click of a button, this is going to add more
depth of field. Fast, wide angle glass is typ-
ically used by photographers who either
the initial benefits of shooting wide open. In addition,
want shallow depth of field or for astropho-
tography. Much like astrophotography,
the majority of lenses do not perform at their best
until they are stopped down. If you are planning on
when you are shooting from a helicopter, noise to the corners of your images which diminishes
your distance from the focal point is so great that even shooting into the golden hour or blue hour like I did,
at f/1.4, the majority, if not all of the scene, is in focus. I would recommend using high quality, fast primes
This allows you to lower your ISO and increase your and stopping down around 1/3 of a stop, if there is suf-
shutter speed, reducing noise and motion blur. ficient ambient light to do so.

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