The Emergence Machine

Depth Of Field

process · Cinema · Level 14 · E9

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Emergence definition

Depth of field is the range of distances from the camera that remain in sharp focus, influenced by the properties of space and matter, and controlled by aperture, focal length, and subject distance, which are all related to the physical properties of light and its interaction with matter.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “depth of field” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
depth of field
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0Depth Of FieldFocal LengthCinemaFilm… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesApertureL15F StopL15Depth Of FieldL14CinemaL12Focal LengthL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first
  • Focal Length L13 (requires)
    Controlled by aperture, focal length, and subject distance.

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