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Re: [OM] Using a T32 to MANUALLY fill shadows (was TTL Flash)

Subject: Re: [OM] Using a T32 to MANUALLY fill shadows (was TTL Flash)
From: James M Costello <jamie-nancy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:46:05 -0400
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001 06:34:01 -0500 "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> If a word: diffraction.
> 
> Here's a quote I found in a quick search:
> 
> "When a beam of parallel light passes through a circular aperture 
> it
> spreads out a little, a phenomenon known as diffraction.  The 
> smaller
> the aperture, the more the spreading. "
> 
> with more detail (most of which I don't understand) at:
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/rec-photo/lenses/tutorial/
> 
> Tom
> 

So Tom,   Does this mean that I would get more critically sharp focus at
f/2, with the trade-off being reduced DOF?

Uh-oh ... did I just have a "grasshopper" moment?    :)

Jamie

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