CANON K2 I HAVE QUESTIONS ON APERTURE SETTINGS?

Does someone know how to set the f-stop to 1.8 or do i need to buy another lens?Its for my class and im a noob.. please help

Depends on your lens. Does it have that large of an aperture to begin with?

Its brand new its the one that comes with the K2 its says it a 29-90mm 0.38m/1.3ft .

You can only set aperture within the limits of the particular lens. Which lens are you trying to do this with? I'm assuming that it's one of the generic kit zooms sold with the entry level film cameras. In that case, the answer is no.

bah my teacher told me to set it at that setiing so I guss this means shopping in the near futre

With that lens, definately no. On your lens it probably says something like f3.5-f5.6. Those are the widest apertures available on that particular lens. At the widest zoom (28mm) it's at f3.5 , and zoomed out to 90mm the widest aperture available jumps up to f5.6. If your class assignments require you to shoot at f1.8, then you need something like the Canon 50mm f 1.8 , which goes for about $70.

crn3371 wrote in post #4031827
With that lens, definately no. On your lens it probably says something like f3.5-f5.6. Those are the widest apertures available on that particular lens. At the widest zoom (28mm) it's at f3.5 , and zoomed out to 90mm the widest aperture available jumps up to f5.6. If your class assignments require you to shoot at f1.8, then you need something like the Canon 50mm f 1.8 , which goes for about $70.

Thank You for all your help he's got me taking less depth of field pics right now he used Duane Micheals as an example.Your help was much appreiciated.
See if i can borrow my freinds lens lol

Good luck with your class, and a belated Welcome to the Forum!

You can still use your lens for less DOF just set at widest setting bearing in mind it will change as you zoom f3.5-f5.6.

Shooting wide, sure its good for isolating subject and getting a nice blurred background, but also good to make sure you are a distance from subject and they are at distance from background also helps - where your tele should help.

Might want to check what lenses your tutor is asking you to use as some courses stipulate using primes only such as the 1.8 "nifty fifty".