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Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh god please no! Not DOF again
From: "Jacques Bilinski & Barbara Bradbury" <jbilin@axionet.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:47:34 -0800
References: <47A5E9D4-60DD-11D8-AAF0-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

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> 2) actual object magnification

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> 2) This takes into account focal length, focused distance, enlargement
> and viewing distance.
>

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> Oh how I dread the inevitable rebuttals. Please, please, please do your
> research before you open your mouth and prove yourself an...
>

You were right about the rebuttals.
 http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/dof.html
The website states: "To a first approximation, on the assumption that the
F-number is kept the same, the DOF will not depend on the focal length.
However, a closer examination reveals that this is too simple a statement
which does not always hold."

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