Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick Ko wrote: > Is the DOF using a digital sensor (e.g M8, Pana G1) any different than > that of film? > > In a question on Rangefinder forum, I was asking about using the Pana > G1 as the most economical way to play "digital M", and got into a > discussion on "loss of DOF" with digital sensors. You don't lose DoF, you may gain some ... You can still get thin DoF on a 4.3 as you may have experienced with your G1; it depends on aperture and actual focal length independently of sensor. http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/151694-1/MTZ-Vieux+Temple-Grille-1080604.jpg Incidently shot yesterday, f2.8 I think, at 50mm - frame looks like a 100 though. Best form Metz Phx > > I never understood that. With a crop sensor, isn't it just like > shooting with a third of the 36 x 24mm frame covered? > > The razor thin DOF of my Noctilux is still razor thin, just that the > image that I'm taking is like cropping it to that of a 100mm lens. Or, > to think of it another way, my Noctilux becomes a 100mm f1 portrait > lens, a focal length that once was considered close to perfect for > portraits. > > And fortunately, with the Panasonic, I see what I'm framing. > > Isn't that so, about the DOF? > > regards > Vick > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >