Re: I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think you need to apologize.   The issue here is that what you're describing is a characteristic of an individual lens, not of the lens and format really.   I don't know of a term for the OOF point of light on a sensor or film as any other than CoC. True, in real life the blur of light

Re: I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 15, 2019, at 9:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > The "standard" circle of confusion, for any format was calculated based on > "acceptable sharpness" results for a given print size, (which is kind of > arbitrary), for a print at standard viewing distance, but these values are > publishe

Re: I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
The "standard" circle of confusion, for any format was calculated based on "acceptable sharpness" results for a given print size, (which is kind of arbitrary),  for a print at standard viewing distance, but these values are published. Standard viewing distance is defined by focal length times

Re: I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 15, 2019, at 5:42 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > You also have to take into account viewing distance, and the resolution of > the viewing device. The higher the resolution of the viewing device the more > accurate you assessment of DOF will be when printed. I’m not so interested in abs

Re: I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-15 Thread P. J. Alling
You also have to take into account viewing distance, and the resolution of the viewing device.  The higher the resolution of the viewing device the more accurate you assessment of DOF will be when printed. On 9/15/2019 3:23 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Bruce Walker commented on facebook about how wi

I'd like to see a circle of confusion graph

2019-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
Bruce Walker commented on facebook about how with medium format you get a particular transition from in focus to out of focus which finally made something click for me. Everybody talks about depth of field as if it is a sharp transition, but it isn't, and the same image could have different dept