Monday, 15 April 2019

optics - Is camera lens focus an exact point or a range?


I have often wondered if the focus of a lens at a particular focal length is an exact point or a range within a few millimeters. This becomes all the more important when manually focussing. How far from the camera's point of focus may a subject be and still appear crisp?




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