Thanks Tom, I plan on doing just that with several lenses as soon as I get some spare time. I did find a page that shows actual samples: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/dof2.shtml
It supports your explanation and what I *thought* I knew, it has a good DOF page too, though I found a typo or two that could lead to a bit of confusion. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Perspective, DOF, AOV, COC, IC, ABC, XYZ, ETC, ETC. > > > Ditto on what Bill said. Just because someone put it up on a > website does not > make it true. Always check things out yourself, people can point you in a > direction, but you should find out for yourself if that is the way to go. > > Anything anybody, including me, says may be wrong. Only things > that you varify > for yourself are to be taken as correct. Unfortunately there is > entirely too > much stuff out there that someone thought sounded right, wrote > down, and since > then has been repeated and repeated with no one checking it out > at all. When I > try to explain that, folks mostly reject my comments because, > they differ from > what everybody KNOWS to be true. Accept that everybody can be > wrong and check > things out for yourself. > > -- > > William Robb wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Don Sanderson" > > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:16 AM > > Subject: Perspective, DOF, AOV, COC, IC, ABC, XYZ, ETC, ETC. > > > > > > > >>There are some seemingly very contradictory viewpoints on Depth of > > > > Field, > > > >>Angle (Area) of View and Perspective on the list. > >>I *think* I understand these things in my own mind, but would like > > > > to be > > > >>sure. > >>Can someone recommend a good website or book that explains these > > > > things in > > > >>*layman terms* but accurate detail? > >>It would be very nice if the info applied to any media format. > > > > > > I think the best way to understand this stuff is to go out and take > > pictures, seeing if you can prove or disprove some of the concepts > > that have been put forward. > > > > You only need to take three pictures. > > > > You will understand it better too. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > >
