Quote Originally Posted by Sean Setters


Quote Originally Posted by Mark Elberson


Like Sean said, check out [url="http://www.dofmaster.com]www.dofmaster.com[/url]:


100mm @ f/2 with a subjectdistance of 10 feet the total DoF is 0.22ft


200mm @ f/2.8 with a subjectdistance of 10 feet the total DoF is 0.08ft


These figures are assuming you are using your Canon Rebel 1000D/XS
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You know Mark, I started to post example figures just like that. However, then I realized that the subject distance would have to change in order to achieve the same framing. I'm assuming you'd need to double the subject distance in order to get the same framing. Wouldn't that be right? If so, the total DOF using a 200mm lens (assuming the same framing) would be .32 feet.


All of that was going through my head this morning as I was getting ready for work. So I deleted the example I had typed out and just posted the site recommendation until I could think it through without having to do fifteen other things at once. :-)
Great point Sean and valuable lesson! Thanks for bringing that to my (and everyone else's) attention.