Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/25

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Subject: [Leica] Question: Depth of field for a Noct. on a digital M
From: ericm at pobox.com (Eric)
Date: Sat Mar 25 18:46:34 2006
References: <4cfa589b0603251704w12ccf72dk8d6b7241dccdc097@mail.gmail.com>
 
Adam:

> will the depth of field be identical?

Yes.  Cropping doesn't change depth of field.

The 50/1 on a 1.4x crop camera has the same look and depth of field as a
70/1.4 on a "full frame" camera.

You'd need a 35/0.7 on a cropped camera to get the same, razor-thin DOF as
the nocti on film.



--
Eric
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Replies: Reply from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Question: Depth of field for a Noct. on a digital M)
 In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Question: Depth of field for a Noct. on a digital M)