Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux Gloom-Buster VS 75mm f/1.4 ...
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:36 +0100 (BST)

Mark Rabiner writes:

> I'm wondering what the difference would be a say 4 feet away DOF wise
> both lenses wide open?
> My hunch is the Noct would give you about 1 inch front to back and the
> 75 would give you 2.

At 4 feet the 50mm f1 gives you 1.44 inches, the 75mm f1.4 gives you 0.72 
inches.

So you were close, but the wrong way round.

David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk