Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > >> I believe you are 'confusing' DOF on the film with DOF on > the printed > > image at viewed distance. They are different. Even on the > print, then > > again at viewed distance have different 'DOF' too. I > believe I posted > > previously on this, and why. > > > > > > Thank you Austin... > > > > Jim You're welcome Jim ;-) > > Okay, I understand the difference completely, Phew... > but then we > need to have a way > of distinguishing these terms... Well, I believe the term is correct, and here's why. DOF is a term used to describe the effect/result, not related to the cause. If the cause is optical, or resolution, the result is the same. If you want to qualify DOF with 'optical' or 'resolution threshold', that's fine by me. I still believe it's DOF...as both relate to the linear distance of the original scene that is considered 'in focus'.