I use the Minolta Dimage 7, and my experience with DOF is similar. It is all I can do to get any kind of separation between subject and background. Usually everything appears to be in focus. The camera works wonderfully in the studio, except that I have to use a ND filter to overcome the aperture limit of 9.5. dan c. At 10:00 AM 03-05-02 -0600, rand flory wrote: >Roderick, Bill, et al. > >You are correct in that the E-10 (and probably the E-20) does not have an >aperture setting smaller than f/11. But remember, this is a digital camera, >with a chip smaller than 35mm film. So while the ads talk about the focal >length of the lens to be 35-140mm (35mm equivalent), the key phrase there >is: (35mm equivalent). The real focal length is 9-36mm. The depth of field >associated with wide-angle lenses is so great that it compensates for the >lack of DOF that you expect at f/16 and f/22. The real problem with digital >cameras is not the lack of depth of field, but that it is difficult to >obtain a shallow DOF. At least the E-10 will open to f/2 and there is some >semblance of a shallow depth of field. > [snip]
