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

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Subject: [Leica] RE: RE: Re: how can the 75 Lux focus go bad?
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 21:50:09 -0800
References: <200102070250.SAA19484@spoon.alink.net>

This is printed on Cibachrome to 16x20 so the acceptable COC is quite small
and focus depth on the print is exceedingly narrow. Basically unmeasurable.

Jim


At 10:17 PM 2/6/01 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote:
>> >I believe you use the 75/1.4 quite frequently.  What do your
>> images show as
>> >the DOF at 1.4?
>> >
>>
>> It is rather difficult to measure distance in a 2D print. I
>> have a tulip,
>> photographed at f/1.4, at the closest focusing of my 75mm
>> lens (~2'.) The
>> DOF is at best, the thickness of the surface skin (cells, protoplasm,
>> whatever) of the tulip. I would measure this as a few
>> thousandths of an inch.
>
>I find that simply amazing.  As I said, this is my primary lense, and I have
>thousands of images shot at ~3' and the DOF on ones I looked at tonight show
>at least 1" or more, and the subject matter has detail enough (clothing
>texture) to easily show this detail.
>
>I'll have to go find a tulip...but that'll have to wait a few months...since
>we just got 2' of snow...
> 

In reply to: Message from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] RE: Re: how can the 75 Lux focus go bad?)