I'm not sure if you are actually suggesting what I think you might be
suggesting Skip - but this is my understanding of what follows from what you
say.
... the DoF characteristics of a 150mm lens on an image format which is
smaller than that of a 35mm camera. On a film camera, for a given focal
length, as the format gets smaller, so the DoF gets narrower. I suspect
something similar applies to digital, though what size the relevant circle
of confusion would be - no idea!
Another way of visualizing this would be to ignore focal length, and say
that an extreme telephoto has very little DoF, and a wide angle has plenty -
and that applies regardless of what format you are using.
I may have got the theory a*se-upwards - but never mind, what does the
practice show in your experience?
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Skip Williams
Sent: 02 December 2004 14:49
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Great E-1 150/2.0 pix on dpreview.com
Yes, it produces the same image magnification on a 4/3 camera as a 300mm
lens would on a 35mm camera. But it does have the DOF characteristics of a
150mm lens, not a 300mm.
--snip
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