What aperture range do I need for my digital camera?

What aperture range do I need for my digital camera?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: Why would I use the "image stabilizer" feature?; How do various image stabilizers differ?; What shutter speed range do I need for my digital camera? and more...

It all depends on what kind of pictures you're going to take. If you're shooting a lot of low-light pictures, you need a wide lens opening: f/1.4, f/2. or f/2.8 at the biggest. If you want to shoot a lot of landscape pictures where you want infinite focus, you want f/11,f/16 or f/22 in your range. So, that depends on the kind of camera you're going to buy. So, in looking for your apeture range, it's not how many ranges or how big a range, but does the range get to the point that you want for the pictures that you want to make.