Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > > not to detract from an excellent list, in actuality, the noctilux > wide open has the seventh smallest depth of field of any M lens, > by my reckoning: > > 135/2.8 1.12 inch at 6 feet > 135/3.4 1.37 inch at 6 feet > 135/4.0 1.60 inch at 6 feet > 90/2.0 1.86 inch at 6 feet > 75/1.4 1.89 inch at 6 feet > 90/2.8 2.60 inch at 6 feet > 50/1.0 3.08 inch at 6 feet > > calculations courtesy of: > http://members.home.net/gillettm/DOF.html > > i just shot 72 straight exposures over a long weekend with the noctilux > wide open, and about half of the next roll. until i got the noct, i never > thought 100 ASA was too fast, and i never thought 1/1000 was too slow! :-) > > -rei How about how each of them stack up when filling the frame with a 4 ft. subject. In other words the same magnification!? You wide angles will be in closer and your telephoto's would be further back. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/