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johnnyrod · 27-12-16, 09:36 PM

Lost me a bit, you mean you want the DoF to cover the entire picture? With a short focal length you have more DoF anyway (like in the XA), so maybe you just need to get back a little as DoF also increases with distance. At 50mm, f/11 can cover 4m to infinity, for example. If it's a fixed scene then there is some way of focus stacking, i.e. taking the picture several times with the lens focused at different distances, then somehow making a composite of all the sharp bits. I don't get what you mean about the lens and body being in/out of focus though.

I think with Rocky you have to assume they're all clapped, much like ebay, and if you get a good one it's good luck. The Durst camera I was looking at, the seller seems quite similar, she seems to sell stuff as VGC (it's pretty much her trademark) and most of them work well enough that people don't come back too often, but more by luck than judgement. I was trying to think if I was going down south any time but I'm not, would drop in and actually look at things in the flesh.

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johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,128	Re: Vintage film cameras Lost me a bit, you mean you want the DoF to cover the entire picture? With a short focal length you have more DoF anyway (like in the XA), so maybe you just need to get back a little as DoF also increases with distance. At 50mm, f/11 can cover 4m to infinity, for example. If it's a fixed scene then there is some way of focus stacking, i.e. taking the picture several times with the lens focused at different distances, then somehow making a composite of all the sharp bits. I don't get what you mean about the lens and body being in/out of focus though. I think with Rocky you have to assume they're all clapped, much like ebay, and if you get a good one it's good luck. The Durst camera I was looking at, the seller seems quite similar, she seems to sell stuff as VGC (it's pretty much her trademark) and most of them work well enough that people don't come back too often, but more by luck than judgement. I was trying to think if I was going down south any time but I'm not, would drop in and actually look at things in the flesh.