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Subject: [OM] Re: DOF question
From: Richard Ociepka <ociepka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:06:03 -0400
Moose wrote:
> 
> And then a bit more on how different film/sensor sizes interact with 
> FOV, fl and magnification necessary for equal subject size and you've 
> done it. ;-)
> 
> Moose

And from Andrzej Wrotniak's site:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/tech/dof.html
"What's so special about digital cameras?"

"Actually, not much, except that most have sensors smaller (or much 
smaller) than the 35-mm film frame. Therefore the CoC size used to 
define "acceptably sharp" also has to be proportionally smaller."

"This would, seemingly, lead to less DoF in small-sensor cameras, if not 
for one additional fact: for the same image angle (field of view) a 
smaller sensor requires also a proportionally smaller lens focal length."

"For example, a 100 mm lens on a 35-mm film camera gives the same field 
of view as a 25 mm (approximately) lens on a digital camera with a 2/3" 
sensor. This is why we often say that the EFL (equivalent focal length, 
implying the 35-mm film as a reference) of the latter lens is 100 mm. 
The ratio before these two values (here: four) is often referred to as 
focal length equivalence ratio, or focal length multiplier. In this 
article I will denote this ratio as simply M."

I hope Ali is following all of this DOF stuff..

Dick


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