Re[4]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-04 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, every f-stop has a hyperfocal distance. The reason why one of them, generally f/8, is marked differently from say f/11 or f/16, both of which will of course give you greater depth-of-field and are therefore better from the hyperfocal point-of-view, is that f/8 is the optimal aperture from

Re[4]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-04 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, my meaning in that was probably not clear. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't use MTF data (it is the MTF programme, after all). What I meant was that when the shutter speed is too slow for the optimum aperture, it is unlikely to select the 2nd choice aperture (which must be wider than the

Re[4]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-04 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, comments interspersed: --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, March 04, 2002, 9:45:30 PM, you wrote: On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 03:25 PM, Bob Walkden wrote: Although several people have claimed that I've misunderstood the purpose of the marked aperture (and I've refuted

Re: Re[4]: An Autofocus Automatic Lens Question

2002-03-04 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 05:21 PM, Bob Walkden wrote: my meaning in that was probably not clear I'm not suggesting that it doesn't use MTF data (it is the MTF programme, after all) What I meant was that when the shutter speed is too slow for the optimum aperture, it is unlikely to