Eamonn's Ramblings » Photography http://bogpeople.com/blog Sharing The Few Thoughts I Have With The World Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Effect of Camera Aperture on Depth of Field – A Demonstration http://bogpeople.com/blog/?p=11 http://bogpeople.com/blog/?p=11#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:00:35 +0000 eamonn http://bogpeople.com/blog/?p=11 This is a neat demonstration of the effect of camera aperture on picture depth of field. All of these photos were taken at the same time with decreasing aperture (or increasing f-stop if you prefer).

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For those who are curious about such things, the pictures were all taken with a Nikon D50 fitted with a Sigma 18-200mm zoom lens. According to the EXIF information in the original images, the focal length when the pictures were taken was 65mm (and I have no reason to doubt it !!).

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