----- Original Message ----- From: "Pål Jensen" Subject: On MF: lenses and DOF (WAS: Re: Shallow DOF with 6X7 lenses)
> The DOF issue is the real problem for MF. Imagine wanting to take that landscape shot you usually do with your 24mm lens for the 35mm format; everything from your shoetips to the mountains in the distance in focus. But the lens you are using (with the 24mm's angle of view) has the DOF of your 35mm system 50mm lens. Oooops! I found this on my last trip to the mountains. Usually, I use a 4x5, but I had just purchased a couple of new lenses for the 6x7, so I took it instead. DOF that would have been routine on the 4x5 was impossible to secure with the 6x7, and bt a wide enough margin that even a 645, with it's slightly greater DOF wouldn't have helped. William Robb
