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Subject: [Leica] Is the DOF using a digital sensor any different than that of film?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri Feb 6 20:09:36 2009
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On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> I think you're answering a different question. The question I heard
> essentially says this: "If I shoot a 50mm lens on my M8 will the depth
> of field be identical to the image made by an M6 with the same lens
> (cropped to match the M8).
>
> I would say the answer has to be yes. I cannot make my head wrap
> around any different answer.
>
> Adam
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Bingo!
>>
>> That's it - the 50mm with a cropped frame is a different  
>> perspective than a
>> true 100mm lens !!!!
>>
>> Or to truly exaggerate the phenomena, use a very wide angle lens,  
>> and crop
>> the image to equivalent to the longer focal length (e.g 18mm  
>> cropped to what
>> a 75mm will show).  I'm thinking the image will have the  
>> perspective of the
>> 18mm lens (i.e. large nose if image is a face), but image size  
>> might be
>> equivalent to the 75mm.
>> DOF is whatever the 18mm lens aperture was set at.
>>
>> Right?
>>
>> Vick
>>
>>
>> Don Dory wrote:
>>>
>>> Vick,
>>
>> ....; you will however get a different perspective as the crop  
>> sensor will
>> not include as much of the scene.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Is the DOF using a digital sensor any different than that of film?)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Is the DOF using a digital sensor any different than that of film?)
Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Is the DOF using a digital sensor any different than that of film?)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Is the DOF using a digital sensor any different than that of film?)