Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] a few more pics
From: "olivier nguyen" <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:40:01 -0400

Hi Doug,
I took these closeup pictures with tripod.  I set camera between f8 and f4.  
I don't uunderstand how to use DOF preview on my nikon FM2n.  when i press 
the lever for DOF, I see it deem down in my viewfinder.  what is this tell 
me ?
thank you very much for reply.
Olivier

>From: "telyt@earthlink.net" <telyt@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: "leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] a few more pics
>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:13:18 -0400
>
>olivier nguyen <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714431
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714435
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714442
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714444
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714450
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714451
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714456
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714457
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714459
> > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=714461
>
> > ... closeup photo.  It look like I does not have enought depth.  what
> > should I do to get total sharpness of the subject ?
>
>Olivier, the math is simple.  closeup + hand-held = no depth of field.
>
>No matter what closeup equipment you use, there's very limited depth of 
>field unless you stop the lens down to a very small aperture.  Small 
>aperture = slow shutter speed, which means tripod.  In some cases one can 
>arrange the photo elements more-or-less in a plane but that can't always be 
>done.  Using a small aperture, you'll need to be more aware of backgrounds 
>and how they will appear at the smal aperture.  Use the camera's 
>depth-of-field preview to see if the background areas become unacceptably 
>busy or cluttered at the small aperture.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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