Gallery. Portfolio. ART DELIVERANCE - Main. ‘A Place of Dreams’ Deyrolle Taxidermy store in Paris. Lomography. Understanding Depth of Field in Photography. Depth of field refers to the range of distance that appears acceptably sharp. It varies depending on camera type, aperture and focusing distance, although print size and viewing distance can also influence our perception of depth of field. This tutorial is designed to give a better intuitive and technical understanding for photography, and provides a depth of field calculator to show how it varies with your camera settings. The depth of field does not abruptly change from sharp to unsharp, but instead occurs as a gradual transition.
In fact, everything immediately in front of or in back of the focusing distance begins to lose sharpness — even if this is not perceived by our eyes or by the resolution of the camera. Since there is no critical point of transition, a more rigorous term called the "circle of confusion" is used to define how much a point needs to be blurred in order to be perceived as unsharp. When does the circle of confusion become perceptible to our eyes? Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz. Megapixel.net Webzine: Digital Camera Reviews and Information. Color smoke (photo by asifthebes) Retriever.