Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-28 Thread Anthony Farr
the planes of focus were being concurrently resolved by the lens in parallel. regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Extreme depth of field

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 26, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Barry Rice wrote: Indeed! That's it! But I guess I won't be doing it anytime soon, myself! Alas. The effect, by the way, is really extraordinary and far beyond what you'd expect from just using a stopped down ultra-short focus lens. Really remarkable. You

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-27 Thread David Savage
On 1/27/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 26, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Barry Rice wrote: Indeed! That's it! But I guess I won't be doing it anytime soon, myself! Alas. The effect, by the way, is really extraordinary and far beyond what you'd expect from just using a stopped

Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Folks, A general photography question I'm a big fan of David Attenborough documentaries. Starting with his series, The Private Life of Plants, occasionally his film team uses a spectacular technique which I simply do not understand how they achieve. It is like an extreme hyperfocal

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
A close focusing wide angle lens? If he's shooting 35mm movie film a wide lens is something like an 8 to 12 mm. You get one heck of a lot of DOF with a lens like that. Paul On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Barry Rice wrote: Hey Folks, A general photography question I'm a big fan of David

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Barry Rice Subject: Extreme depth of field technique Hey Folks, A general photography question I'm a big fan of David Attenborough documentaries. Starting with his series, The Private Life of Plants, occasionally his film team uses a spectacular

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 27/01/07, Barry Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly confident that this is not a bit of greenscreen magic. But I'm trying to figure out the method. It probably would cost gadzillions, but wowif I could achieve that kind of perspective.. AFAIK they use a Panavision/Frazier Lens

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Peter McIntosh
Digital Image Studio wrote: On 27/01/07, Barry Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly confident that this is not a bit of greenscreen magic. But I'm trying to figure out the method. It probably would cost gadzillions, but wowif I could achieve that kind of perspective..

Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Rob, Indeed! That's it! But I guess I won't be doing it anytime soon, myself! Alas. The effect, by the way, is really extraordinary and far beyond what you'd expect from just using a stopped down ultra-short focus lens. Really remarkable. B Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Jack Davis
I've seen what appear as sharply focus water drops on such lenses with an in-focus background. Amazing! Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A close focusing wide angle lens? If he's shooting 35mm movie film a wide lens is something like an 8 to 12 mm. You get one heck of a lot

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread Jack Davis
I don't know either. A DOF tool is a shift lens, and is simply something that came to mind while reading your post. I'll be following the thread myself. Jack --- Barry Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Folks, A general photography question I'm a big fan of David Attenborough

Re: Extreme depth of field technique

2007-01-26 Thread David Savage
On 1/27/07, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: On 27/01/07, Barry Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly confident that this is not a bit of greenscreen magic. But I'm trying to figure out the method. It probably would cost gadzillions, but wowif