When I started using the extreme short depth of field and single point of focus, I was trying … - Keith Carter

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Keith Carter

When I started using the extreme short depth of field and single point of focus, I was trying to replicate my changing eyesight. We have binocular vision; one eye perceives space from the other. I don't experience a scene visually at F32. It's more like F1. 4.

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