Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well I am not sure that "discernible" should be part of the equation. Both the wart on the tip of my nose and the tip of my nose will be adversely* affected moving the plane of focus away from them. The fact that the wart disappears first does not mean that the tip of the nose is being rendered sharper. As I am of the age that my peers are busy reproducing with careless disregard, I see my share of blurry photos that draw oohs and aahs from the crowd. I do not myself feel that because you have a vague idea the child is Caucasian and has at least one eye that they have nailed the focus. John Collier Who again says, with regard to the large issue, "And your point is?" *Opinions varied in an AOA survey I did this morning :-) > From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> > >> You have fuzzy big letters and fuzzy small letters, but you can still >> tell which letters the fuzzy big letters are. They aren't any >> "sharper", or better focussed. > > Exactly, but the eye doesn't care if it is sharp or not, it still can > discern it better than if it was smaller...and since 'perception' has been > thrown into the fray, I think it is (or should be) part of the equation. >