Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: how can the 75 Lux focus go bad?
From: Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:12:26 -0800
References: <003001c09094$b6f912b0$617079c0@drt4>

DOF is totally dependent upon what COC you are willing to accept. One man's
great DOF is another man's blurry photographs.

Jim


At 04:47 PM 2/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I trust the man with the 13x19. I always choose reality over the internet.
>What would you estimate the critical depth of field to be at .7m and f1.4?
>
>John Collier
>
>> From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>
>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.silverlight.co.uk/resources/dof_calc.html
>>> 
>>>> From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>
>>>> 
>>>>> Wide open and focused close, the depth of field of the 75/1.4
>>>>> is between 6mm
>>>>> to 8mm (just over a quarter inch).
>>>> 
>>>> What are you basing this number on?
>> 
>> I don't believe it's accurate.  I routinely shoot at 1.4 with both a 75 and
>> an 85, and I find my critical DOF to be much much larger than 6mm to 8mm.  I
>> also print typically 13x19...so DOF is quite noticeable.
>> 
>> 

Replies: Reply from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] RE: Re: how can the 75 Lux focus go bad?)
In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> (RE: [Leica] how can the 75 Lux focus go bad?)