Thursday, September 29, 2016

What's an F-stop?

Here is a quote:

What's an F-stop? Who cares what an F-stop is? Don't worry about the F-stop. I never did.

Who is this manic saying such things? Why, it's Robert Rodriguez, a film-maker, um, of some note. His point is that there are more important things than F-stops when you're making a movie. The same applies to making a still picture. Sure, the aperture is a thing, and it has an effect and so on. But ultimately it's usually not the thing that makes or breaks the film, or the picture.

5 comments:

  1. Um, well, maybe. This is why cinematographers exist, of course...

    Mike

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    1. Rodriguez does a lot of his own cinematography. He's a madman.

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  2. When I hear someone say "f8 and be there" I always want to point out that "be there" is the far more important part, and usually the more difficult.

    And I mean "be there" in both the physical sense and the mindfulness sense.

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  3. I've taken many photos with no F-stop whatsoever in sight.
    Some of them are frame-able!

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  4. Love Rodriguez. His interviews are treasures for filmmakers and creatives in general.

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