I started the other thread and asked for some help, too. The jist of it is:
Lens - as wide as you can
ISO - try your lowest
Aperture - small, somewhere between f/8 and f/16
Shutter - try 30 seconds
If it's overexposed, I'd stop down the aperture. If it's still overexposed at f/11, change the shutter before stopping down further.
If it's underexposed, I'd open up the aperture. If it's still underexposed at f/5.6, change the shutter or ISO before opening up further.
If you have a hard focus stop at infinity (meaning you can turn the manual focus ring all the way to one side and it's at perfect infinity focus), you can probably afford to use a pretty wide aperture. For us that don't... we'll probably focus on something really far (as others suggested in the other thread), stop down, and hope for the best.
Looking at your lenses, I'd say use the 10-22mm.
According to SLRGear.com, that lens is sharpest at:
10mm - f/5.6-f/8
14mm - f/4-f/11 (f/4 a tad soft in the corners)
22mm - f/11 (also f/5.6-f/8, but soft in the corners)
...so just choose whatever focal length looks good to you, and adjust your aperture accordingly. You do want it as sharp as possible.
Message edited by author 2009-11-17 12:05:36. |
