Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/7/99 3:22:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mrabiner@concentric.net writes: << I'm wondering what the difference would be a say 4 feet away DOF wise both lenses wide open? My hunch is the Noct would give you about 1 inch front to back and the 75 would give you 2. Am I close? Mark Rabiner >> My guess is that at equal distances the 75's longer focal length would wash with the 50's wider aperture and the DOF might be pretty darn close. The DOF issue is a pretty small one. I should've prioritized my list. Having one fast, large, heavy lens in between 50 and 90 for the rare occasions I use it was my far-and-away main reason for getting the 75. DT