Joe,
I probably shot that at f/11 or f/16. Turns out it was not shot with the MZ-S, but
rather my LX, as I pried the slide mount open to get a peek at the imprinted info, so
the subject line is a mistake. I could have sworn I shot it with the MZ-S. hmmm.
Anyway...
The FA100/2.8 Macro is a sharp lens all around. I don't think I'd worry too much about
stopping down a little more to get your DOF the way you want it. I've shot mine at
f/22 with strictly controlled lighting and careful choice of point of focus, and I
haven't witnessed any deterioration.
Doug
At 3:15 PM -06006/11/01, Joseph Tainter brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled:
>Doug, I've just gotten a 100 mm. macro myself, and am playing off depth
>of field (f-stops 16-32) vs. sharpness (f-stops around 5.6-11). This
>photo looks like it has a lot of depth of field for a 200 mm. macro.
>What f-stop did you use?
>
>I keep reading that macro lenses are designed to be sharpest stopped
>down, but putting my 1p in mtf mode gives me f8 in macro mode with my FA
>100 f2.8 macro. So I'm puzzled, because I want both sharpness and depth
>of field.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe
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Douglas Forrest Brewer
Ashwood Lake Photography
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