Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:07:56 +0100 animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > Finally i got the leicaflex and telyt > combination working. > These are a handheld shot at 1/1000 f8.0 and an > one on one pixel > enlargement. > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/folder-3641.html > My question is the following ,is the > unsharpness of most of the fence caused > by limited depth of field or by the often > discussed fieldms curvature. > Thanks > simon jessurun > The shallow DOF and field curvature combined are making most of the fence blurry. DOF is extremely limited even at f/8, and in this case the field curvature is working against you. If the fence were angled toward you from center to edges, the field curvature would make more of the fence in focus than if the lens had a flat field. Doug Herr<BR>Birdman of Sacramento<BR>http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html