Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like you do to me. Al Stegmeyer upstream photography & www.upstrap.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bmceowen@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] "Quick" DOF calculation > > In a message dated 5/18/00 6:05:02 AM, deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk writes: > > >Actually, I have a tiny Excel spreadsheet that I made to use exactly this > >formula. Works great! Like, for streetshooting, I can figure out just how > >good my guesstimating has to be on the 35 wide open at ten feet... something > >you definitely CAN'T do from a DOF scale. > > Hmm, figuring depth of field for "street shooting" with a 35mm lens wide > open? Guesstimating focus? Hmm? I'm sorry I don't get it? Are you shooting > secret photos at night on the street? Is it dark? Is that why you're shooting > wide open? No? You want limited depth of field and that's why you're shooting > wide open? Why not just focus then rather than guesstimate? And this > spreadsheet, what's up with that? Do you take your laptop along and calculate > your depth of field so you can guestimate? Wouldn't it be simplier (and less > noticeable) to just focus? I know I sound like I'm trying to be a jerk but > I'm really not (or at least I don't think I am). I just don't understand. I > admit I'm not well versed in "street shooting" but usually if I'm worried > about depth of field I stop down a bit. When I want to buzz a background I > focus on the subject (I don't use a 35mm lens either). But hey, I'm kinda > simple this way . . . > > Bob (thought he understood depth of field) McEowen