A lens with an aperture (wide open) of F4, for instance will have you
shooting at say 1/60th of a second. A lens with a larger (smaller number)
maximum aperture, say F2.8 would allow the camera to use a faster shutter
speed, perhaps 1/125th or 1/250th. I'm sure there are others on the list
that will explain this in far greater detail and depth, but this in a
nutshell is the meaning of 'faster' lens.
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From: Frootcake@xxxxxxx [mailto:frootcake@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] Teleconverter w/ Olympus Lenses
> 400mm at f8. What I am trying to say is that 180mm is faster and will
im new to photography and have started out on an om10. Can you tell me what
you mean when you say the lens is faster. Cheers,
Ben Ashton
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