Lenses

Lenses

A lens is an optical device which is capable of transmitting and refracting light.

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f/1.0

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning extremely wide aperture or light-gathering area. This requires fast shutter speed, and the depth of field is generally narrower.

f/1.4

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning relatively wide aperture or light-gathering area. This requires quite fast shutter speed, and a generally narrow depth of field.

f/2.0

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning an average aperture size (or light-gathering area).

f/2.8

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning a fairly small aperture size (or light-gathering area). Slow shutter speed is required, but the depth of field is generally wide.

f/4.0

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning a small aperture size (or light-gathering area). Slow shutter speed is required, but the depth of field is generally wide.

f/5.6

Photography; Lenses

Lens aperture measurement, meaning a very small aperture size (or light-gathering area). Slow shutter speed is required, but the depth of field is generally wide.