Thread 4479954

Absolute beginner here.
After watching tons of yt videos i decided to google best books for beginers amd on almost all sites this book pops up. *Understanding exposure how to shoot great photograps with any camera by bryan peterson*
This nigger shoots almost all his pics at f>16, a vast majority at f22 and even f32
The yt niggers told me that difraction kick in at >f11 and hould be avoided
But this nigger shoots even portrait at f8 or f11
Is this nigger crazy or the yt shills are lieing to me?
Book has very good revies and sold almost 1mil copies.
What is your take and any other good book i should look into to understand exposure and composition?

>>4479954 (OP)
Based. I take many photos at f64. Caring about diffraction is a midwit trap and gearfag fallacy.

>>4479954 (OP)
Diffractions importance depends on subject matter and enlargement factor

As long as you did not fall for the micro four thirds scam or the a7rv/m11 meme its basically fine. F11 is a little soft for foliage and shit, maybe stick to f8 for trees. Portraits of ugly sluts can benefit from 200mm f22.

>>4479960
If you enlarged your oversized film so a 35mm area was enlarged as much as the same shot on 35mm was f64 would be obviously soft. Its why scanned mf/lf film is so often unimpressive and on par with 50mp DSLRs.

>>4479964
Well thanks for proving my point about it being a midwit trap... lmao

>>4479976
not caring about diffraction is a midwit trap for m4thirdies

it matters when scanning larger formats expecting an advantage when printing large
it matters when balancing crisp foliage/fabric and aliasing on digital
etc

>>4479983
>no u
Lmao. Every time I hear someone care about diffraction they talk about things they have never done and will never do with their photography. It's always some sort of pixelpeeping cope.

>>4479985
>you can only view on instagram!
you are probably a furry or a weeaboo. disregarded.

>>4479989
Schizo cope non argument. Concession accepted. :^D

>>4479960
Based. Often you stand to win more than you stand to lose from worrying about the minuscule effect diffraction has even on high density sensors.