Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > > Austin Franklin jotted down the following: > > >> 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. > > There IS **NO** OBJECTIVE BASIS for depth-of-field! ><Snip> Yes but you could look at a shot and think: "I missed my focus!" would you be wrong? markrabiner