The above photo is taken at 28mm at f/11 on an ancient Minolta 28-85mm lens, the focus was set to about 2.5 meters and according to the depth of field scales everything should be in focus… but it isnt.
In fact, there is considerable separation between my patient model and friend Perc Carter and the background, which is easy to see in the crop below, yet the edges seem to be in reasonable focus, how the hell can this happen?
That, folks, is the product of the... more