Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/02

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Subject: [Leica] Forget about depth of field scales
From: Mitch Alland <malland@mac.com>
Date: 02 Apr 2000 23:52:06 -0400

>>>>Mike Quinn
>I think you mean image size rather than object size...
>Still, remember that depth of field is not symmetrical around the point of
>focus. Usually 2/3 is beyond the focus and only 1/3 in front of it.
>That's why we can focus on the eyes and get both the nose and
>hair OK.

Yes, the 1/3-2/3 DOF is what the scale of the lens shows. However, Merklinger shows convincingly that this is not the real DOF. See:

http://fox.nstn.ca/~hmmerk/HMbook14.html

- --Mitch