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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 593150" data-attributes="member: 14443">that may actually be the case for a beginner. on the other hand, trying to decipher a dof calculator and getting what you want through numbers wont work. and it matters not at all. unless youre shooting at open apertures like 1.8 and need to know if her eyebrow and nose will be in focus, stick with shooting and bracketing with different exposures and use the money for lenses.  when you shoot you already what you need. theres nothing new in photography regarding dof. its not hi tech science to know what you need in focus. geeking out the pety stuff. from experience,shoot more, calculate less. walk around see different angles. different perspectives. shoot high shoot low. change lenses. leave the numbers, get into the visual. photography is not numbers or calculators. bring emotion to your images, not inches and feet.</blockquote>