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- Depth of Field 21/3/91
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- This programme is designed to calculate and tabulate the
- depth of field of any chosen lens, when focussed at a
- given distance.
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- This is particularly important in small scale photography
- or studio work, especially when critical definition is required.
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- When an object in front of a lens is in focus, part of the scene
- in front of and behind the object will also appear to be in focus.
- The distance between the furthest and nearest points that are in
- focus is the depth of field.
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- Basically the nearer a lens comes to being a pin hole camera
- the better the depth of field.
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- In fact, those parts in front of and behind the focal plane are
- not really infocus at all. They just appear to be, because the
- human eye cannot distiguish between a sharp point and a very small
- circle, (called the circle of confusion).
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- The depth of field, therefore, depends on the size of the circle
- of confusion. (Sharpness in the final photograph also depends on
- the viewing distance as well.)
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- Selecting critical depth of field gives a smaller circle of confusion.
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- The hyperfocal distance is a special case, especially useful in
- maximising depth for, say, a landscape. If the lens is set to the
- hyperfocal distance for the given f-number then the depth will extend
- from half the focal distance to infinity.
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- The programme is self evident and needs no further description.
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- E.F.Lord BSc
- Crawley,
- 21/3/91
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