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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: Scheimpflug and depth-of-field
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.053348.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1hnd05INNkg5@fnnews.fnal.gov>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:33:48 GMT
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- In article <1hnd05INNkg5@fnnews.fnal.gov>, nicinski@fndaud.fnal.gov (Tom Nicinski) writes:
- > How is depth-of-field (DOF) calculated when applying the Scheimpflug Rule? All
- > the books and articles I've found hand-wave around this issue by drawing one very
- > general graph.
- >
-
- The DOF calculations are the same, but most of the hand waves fail...
-
- > When the film plane and lens plane are parallel, the DOF can be calculated quite
- > simply, as the near and far DOF points are parallel to the film/lens planes. As
- > most lenses are near flat field, the DOF boundaries will also be planar.
- >
-
- IFF the lens is truely flat field, the DOF boundaries will be planar.
- This blows away the assumptions, as the DOF will extend to infinity for both
- near and far limits in simple models.
-
- > But, when using a view camera where the film and lens planes are not parallel,
- > how are the near and far DOF computed? The best I've figured out (and seems to
- > match what I see in practice) is measure from the lens (front nodal point) to a
- > point on the plane of focus and compute DOF along that "line of sight." Then,
- > pick out another line of sight along the plane of focus. These computations
- > result in a hyperbolic shape for the DOF limits. How correct is this method?
-
- Yep, Use the full DOF formula for the axis of interest. You need to use the
- distance from the principle points, not from the film plane. Don't know if it's
- a hypobolic surface, but it will be a conic section.
-
- ~Paul
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