> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:51:37PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
> > > Ah. Thanks. Focal length is second order factor, circle 
> of confusion
> > > is first order, so focal length has a greater effect on DOF, than
> > > CoC (pixel size).
> > > 
> > 
> > Circle of confusion is not pixel size.
> 
> I misunderstood it then. I always thought that the circle of confusion
> represented the smallest area that could be resolved. That anything
> between a mathematical point and the CoC resolves to the same size,
> and that the physical manifestation of this on a digital sensor was a
> pixel.
> 

This is the bit that's wrong:

> and that the physical manifestation of this on a digital sensor was a
> pixel.
> 

Bob


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