>>4475363it depends, you gotta use your own judgement depending on conditions and your particular gear. in some cases scene is so dark it won't be salvageable in post, so extra light gained from opening all the way is worth it. some lenses are so shit wide open your photo will be totally unusable and having more noise or faster shutter speed is prefferable. sometimes soft image, optical artifacrs and vignette in corners are quite useful if you're taking a portrait and don't care about the background and want to focus on the face in the center of the frame
