This will change the perspective, and I understood that he wanted to keep that. Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht On 10/29/04 6:45 PM, "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you wish to put the exact same image filling the 4x5 film as you have > filling a 35mm frame, you have to move the 4x5 camera closer. If the 35mm > camera is 100' from the subject, you have to move your 4x5 camera with > 210mm lens to 12.5' from the subject in order to fully frame the same > subject in both cameras. This is 16 times closer to the subject and is the > equivalent of losing four stops of DOF. Shoot at f/11 on both cameras, your > DOF on the 4x5 is equal to shooting at f/2.8 on the 35mm camera. Basically > a disaster. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.