Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/27

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Subject: [Leica] new Puts article
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon Jun 27 10:51:53 2005
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At 11:26 AM -0700 6/25/05, feli wrote:
>On Jun 25, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>
>>Wait a minute now. For a given lens the DOF is independent of the
>>cropping factor of the sensor, right? So if you use existing M lenses
>>on a digital M with an APS or somesuch chip then the depth of field
>>will be the same for a given f-stop but the crop factor will still be
>>in play.
>
>You are correct. A 50 on a full frame has the same DOF as a 50 on a APS 
>(x1.5)
>size sensor. It's the field of view that is cropped. So, with a x1.5 
>mag factor your
>50 shows the field of view of a 75, but has the DOF of a 50, which 
>is not as shallow
>as a true 75 on a full frame system.
>
>If I wanted the FOV of a 50 on my APS (x1.5) camera I would have use 
>a 35 (35x 1.5 = 52.5).
>But I would still have the DOF characteristics of the 35.
>
>Feli
>
>
>
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Since the image of the 50 on APS has to be enlarged more, the final 
CoC on the print will be larger, so that, conversely, means that the 
DOF of a 50 at any given f-stop will be less for a same size print 
than the DOF on a full size sensor/film.

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