All other things beeing equal, what aperture range would you choose in your camera?

I have to decide between two Digital Still Cameras, that are basically the same in everything (even the price), but one has an aperture range of f2.7 - f8.0 and the other one is f3.5 - f10.0.

What woul you choose? what would i need f2.7 or f10.0 for?

While you WILL see a difference in the amount of light you need for f/2.7 vs. f/3.5, I doubt you would see much difference between the f/8 vs. f/10.

At the large end (small numbers), the f/2.7 will allow you to take pictures in lower light.

At the small end (large numbers), the general rule is that the smaller the aperture, the greater the depth of field (amount of things in focus from near to far). The thing is, you will barely see any difference between f/8 and f/10 if you see any difference at all.

I think the f/2.7 would be more useful to you that the f/10 and I'd choose the camera with the f/2.7-f/10 lens 鈥?unless there are other factors that would make me go for the other camera.

It would be more useful for you to post actual make and model names, because then we will know what we are comparing for you.

Between the two, I'd choose H7 - but read this and think carefully... http://www.dpreview.com/review... Report It

thats weird. you must be talking about a point and shoot camera.

the brand of the camera matters-what kind is it? what will you be using the camera for? outdoors or indoors?

(but 2.7 and 3.5 isnt that far apart. I'd go with the 3.5)

f2.7 is A LOT faster (better in low-light and moving object photos). The difference between f8 and f10 is pretty minimal... If you shoot a lot of landscape/scenery you probably would like the lower f-stop (bigger number).

For the same price, the f2.7 - f8 is the way to go.

Those aperture ranges should not make much of a difference to you if you have to ask this question. Plus more than likely you will be on auto settings that will adjust the f stop by itself. In any case when considering aperture ranges it would be relative to the ISO speed. The lower the f-stop the wider the aperture the more light exposes the "film". An f-10 at ISO 1000 is probably equal to an f-8 at ISO 800. So i retrospect since I dont know how high the ISO goes on either camera I would choose the one with the smallest aperture(f-stop) which is f-10, because f-3.5 can do what f-2.7 can do if you adjust the ISO a faster speed. That will make the "film" speed more sensitive to the smaller f-3.5 aperture.

Hope that helps!!

Aperture f2.7 better than f3.5 because objective lens can be open more and needs less light to take a good picture.
But less(f2.7) number of aperture means less field of sharpness.
Aperture f10 allow you to take sharp picture from near to far object.
Better f3.5-f10.0
To understand try to make small hole in some paper and see through that hole far object. Less hole for far object has more sharpness but slightly less intensity.
Better to have more sharpness for all picture because many digital cameras have very sensitive chip.

Forget all the others. It sounds like you are talking about a zoom lens. I'd get the f2.7-f8.0. It will be more expensive. This is because the bigger opening of the aperature (f2.7) means more of the glass lenses have to be perfect and that costs. the smaller the f number the better for dim lighting.
With these type lenses the f2.7 is for when you are close in the zoom to something, the f8.0 is for when the lens goes into zoom mode. Both f2.7 and f8.0 are better than f3.5-f10.0.
You can manipulate the film speed and other things on the camera but ask yourself why should I? Your photo should be the best you could do, those other method just get an image in the camera. You can not make a shitty picture good, no matter what anyone says.

As a general rule, two to three stops down from the largest aperture will give you the best sharpness.

Check out this link. It explains it all

http://kenrockwell.com/tech/unsharp.htm