Youre nitpicking my terminology but I can tell you with absolute certainty that what I have said is correct. To increase or decrease DOF you can only do two things: change the f-stop or the in camera magnification. All else is futile because they dont change the DOF one iota.
JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Trading resolution for depth of field Problems.... On Apr 7, 2009, at 06:17 , JC OConnell wrote: > I don't agree with that terminology, it's his not mine. Primary non-scientific statement indicating prejudicial thought. > DOF is relative sharpness Another indication of slurred thought from one who espouses pointillist correctness. > of foreground and background > objects in an image compared to the objects in the plane > of focus. ( just my working terminology FWIW). And an admission that what JCO thinks or does only relates to JCO. The rest of us can go on about our business of taking pictures. Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
