350D - help with apreture

kerrybearman

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25 Jan 2008 - 9:49 AM

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Hi! I'm a new'un to ePHOTOzine... have introduced myself in 'taking photos'.

I have a Canon EOS 350D and the obligatory 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 Canon lens, and thought I knew a fair bit about aperture, but am really not understanding why my camera won't let me open it up to f3.5. Am I being a thick-O? Thanks. Kerry

crox (Junior Member)

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25 Jan 2008 - 9:53 AM

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Your Lens will only be able to have it's widest aperture value at its widest setting.

i.e. 18mm - f/3.5
55mm - f/5.6

If you set you lens to it's widest angle (18mm) you should be able to use f/3.5. If you then Zoom in you will notice that the camera alters the aperture accordingly.

Paul

Geoffphoto

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25 Jan 2008 - 10:25 AM

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Quote: I am very surprised that they didn't teach you that in college.
A cr*p college or what?

NO, just a crap lens !!!!

Sabreur

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25 Jan 2008 - 10:49 AM

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I haven't used my 18-55 for a while, and I'm at work so I can't check and might be talking complete rubbish...

Do you have your camera set to one-half or one-third exposure increments (CF 6)?

If it is one-half, then I think you might not be able to select f/3.5 as it is one-third of a stop wider than f/4.

kerrybearman

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25 Jan 2008 - 10:57 AM

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YES! That's it. Thanks Sabreur! I didn't even know that choice existed on this camera! The problem with digital. Think I shold lock myself in a room for 2 days and become at one with my camera.

Thanks everyone.