Jens, I think you meant 1/3 AHEAD and 2/3 BEHIND the focusing distance. It's easy to verify this. Look at the DOF scale on a lens (you'll probably need an old lens to check this) and you'll see that the far-side limit of DOF encompasses more metres, feet or furlongs (as is your wont) between itself and the focusing mark, than falls between the near-side limit of DOF and the focusing mark.
regards, Anthony Farr > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > An old rule of thumb used to be, that the DOF lies 1/3 behind and 2/3 ahead > of the focusing distance. So I guess a little behind is perhaps better than > a little ahead :-). > > Jens Bladt >
