Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:17 PM 06-05-98 +0200, Alan Hull wrote: > >The future Leica will look like an SLR with a fixed focus f1.0 lens. >Focussing will be automatic but by tiny movements of the film/CCD plane and >not big movements on the lens. Why? because during one exposure the CCD >will be able to focus foreground - then download the image, refocus >midground - download again, then refocus background - then download again >to produce a composite digital "frame" that can be manipulated in Photoshop >or whatever. > >Half a meter to infinity DOF at f1.0 ... Thats the goal that can be >acheived with electronic imaging and the company that gets there first wins >the pot. > Yes, but why is this a good thing? I don't want my foreground, midground, and background all to be in focus, and I don't know many photographers who do, apart from large format scenic photographers. Dan C.