>The depth-of-focus problem on close-ups is always a hassle. The
>answer is a high
>f-stop number (i.e., very small aperture). Unfortunately, digital
>cameras don't
>do well in this area. I had to search around for a camera with f/11 AND full
>exposure control. I would have liked to have had a couple of stops lower
>(higher f-stop numbers) but that wasn't going to happen, apparently.

Hi Bob,

Using a digital camera, which writes data using a CCD (well, almost all use one
or possibly three), an f-stop of f11 is about the rough equivalent of
about f22 using a
35mm camera. It all depends upon the size of the CCD. For a digital
camera, f11 is
a great setting! My Nikon only goes to f9 and that's plenty of depth.
I can get into
more on this topic if people are interested.

Aloha,
Jim

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