Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> As I said earlier, stopping down to check DOF so that Scheimpflug and > f/stop characteristics can be adjusted, is the staple method of the > professional photography trade. In 25 years of professional photography, and all the professionals I know, I don't know any who actually uses the DOF preview. I'm sure some people do use it, I just don't know any. Perhaps it's a Left Coast thing ;-) Every lense I have has a DOF scale. I (and everyone else I know) simply use that, and get exactly what I want. Now, I really don't know what is meant by "in focus", ie, are the fringes of the DOF scale really "in focus"...but I can say that using the DOF scale has worked great for me for 25 years... On the other hand, I tend to like very flat DOF, (one reason why I like the Leica lenses, they do have amazing bokeh ;-), so for the most part, I tend to like to shoot full open, or pretty close to it...unless for a specific purpose I want the background in focus. I'd really be curious as to how many SLR users on this list actually use the DOF preview???