Photography tips

Wide aperture

Night view of the Pilatus peak with hotel building under a starry sky

Key tips

Use a wide aperture like f/2 so that as much light as possible reaches the sensor in low light conditions.
Use a wide aperture such as f/2 to capture as much detail of the night sky as possible in low-light conditions.
Use a wide aperture to capture the necessary brightness for the starry sky in low-light conditions.

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All subjects Mountains Architecture City Pilatus Lucerne

Red carriage of the Pilatus cogwheel railway in an underground station

12 mm · f/2 · 1/80 s · ISO 4000