"LooksLikeRain" wrote in message
ups.com...

I am a relative newbie to photography, and I have been trying to read
some good books to teach me the basics of exposure as well as
Photoshop CS2 tips and tricks. One question I have is regarding the
lens aperture in respect to the camera aperture. If my lens is only
rated for 3.4-5.6 aperture, then will it do me any good to set my
camera aperture to say f/11 or f/22 or is that just going to use the
minimum aperture the lens will allow of f/5.6?

If you have plenty of light then you can often get better results by
stopping down to f8 or so. f11-22 will give you good results if you want
both near & far objects in focus at the same time, but in poor light you
might need to go with f5.6 as a higher figure might give you too slow a
shutter speed. Try experimenting with different settings to see what works
best.

cheers adrian www.boliston.co.uk