Nikon 25498B manual Lesson 3 Don’t Stop Aperture Down Too Far, Suggested Settings

Shooting Techniques Static Subjects

Suggested Settings

White balance > Choose color temp.: White balance can be adjusted in steps as small as 10 K. To adjust white balance on the amber (A) – blue (B) axis, hold the Ubutton and press 4 or 2 to highlight a digit and 1 or 3 to change.

Framing guide: Using the R but- ton, you can display a framing guide that helps compose pho- tographs during live view.

Virtual horizon: Alternatively, the Rbutton can be used to display pitch and roll indicators to help you keep the camera level during live view.

Lesson 3: Don’t Stop Aperture Down Too Far

Stopping down aperture in manual (h) and aperture-priority auto (g) exposure modes increases depth of field, bringing both background and foreground into focus. Stop aperture down too far, however, and diffraction will cause the image to actually lose definition. Optimal aperture—the aperture that produces the greatest depth of field with no loss of sharp- ness—varies from lens to lens. In the case of the AF-S NIKKOR 14–24mm f/2.8G ED lens used in this example, an aperture f/8 will produce the sharpest image.

f/8

f/11

Amount of detail visible in window leads and frieze is less than at f/8

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