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      05-21-2016, 07:58 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by The Wind Breezes View Post
Completely incorrect, smaller aperture increases depth of field but actually DECREASES the sharpness of what would have been in focus with a larger aperture. Most lenses shoot their sharpest (capture most resolution) wide open or a stop or two down, you just may not have the depth of field you need unless you get a tilt camera like a large format.
You are incorrect.

A smaller aperture does not decrease the sharpness, it increases the depth of field so that you may have more of the subject in focus.

Secondly, most lenses do not resolve the most at the largest aperture but stopped down 2, 3, maybe four stops, e.g. f4, f5.6, f8 when using a 1.4, 1.8, 2.0 lens.

Google MTF charts of a certain lens and read the description of the test and results illustrated by the chart.

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.
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