Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/29/05 2:52 PM, "John Black" <jblack@ambio.net> typed: > <big snip> >> >> "DOF is inversely proportional to format size" >> > <bigger snip> > > Back when I used a Oly Pen F extensively, the only lens worth much in the > system was the wonderful 38/3.5 Macro (I may be off on the numbers, but it > was a normal range, slow macro). That lens was a great favorite of mine > for > macrophotography of small flowers and insects because, I swear, I could get > more DOF than with normal lens macros in full 24X36 format. > > For those of you unfamiliar with the Pen F system, it was a very innovative > interchangeable lens SLR using half-frame format size (18X24). Most of the > glass made for it was forgettable ranging from average to poor, but the 38 > macro was a star performer. Format about the same size as a 1.6X sensor. > > JB BUT Isn't there something where because of the small flange distance or whatever you can put a Leica M lens on it?! I'll have to land that 38 macro. My other Olympus Pen f glass is amazingly bad. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/