Which 35mm 1.4 has the "flattest" focus field at close distance?

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andreben
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Re: Why 35mm, why f1.4?
In reply to brightcolours, 3 months ago

brightcolours wrote:

Why 35mm? Any reason for that? Apparently not, since you think of 50mm too?

I need the angle of view that a 35mm gives at about 0.3-0.5m distance. 50mm will be a bit on the narrow side, but I can move a bit further away if this gives a better focus field. I can't go much further than 0.5m though, so 50mm is stretching it. So, thus this trade-off.

Why f1.4? Any reason to think of such a large aperture? Diffraction softening should only set in past f4/5.6...

I need shallow DOF.


What kind of scientific project is it? MF will give better focus consistency.

I will need AF, the distance will alter from sample to sample slightly, and I'm looking at sub-millimeter DOF's.

For this project, I will be taking pictures of low contrast objects at near distance, probably 0.3-0.5m. I need the "entire" frame to be captured in "perfect" focus left-right (top-down less important).

Focal length determines the distance. So again, why 35mm? Unless that has a real reason, I would think that you'd even be better served with a 1960's Nikkor 55mm f3.5 micro, pre-Ai, MF lens.

f3.5 is too small, but thank's for the suggestion.

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