amfoto1 wrote:
Depth of field is only effected by three things: focal length, aperture and distance.
In your example:
90mm focal length is the same
f/11 aperture is the same
distance to subject is the same
Therefore depth of field will be the same.
DoF actually does not change with sensor size/film format. (How we use different formats changes... going from full frame to APS-C or vice versa usually means either the focal length or the distance to subject or a bit of both must be changed in order to frame a subject the same way... and those do change DoF.)
And it certainly doesn't change depending upon manufacturer, brand or model either.
You might have trouble setting exactly 90mm on the zooms. Even if it's indicated on the zoom's focal length scale, often those aren't exact.
And a 90mm lens might actually be + or - 10% that focal length (at least, that was the tolerance the industry allowed in the past), so it might actually be anywhere from 81mm to 99mm, if accurately measured.
Plus, an internal focusing lens will actually change focal length when focused. I don't know about the Tamron 90mm (who actually sell a more expensive one that's IF and a less expensive 90mm that's not) specifically. But, for example, the Canon 100mm f2.8 USM macro lens is actually about 70mm when it's focused to it's minimum focus distance. You don't notice this change in the field... and it's more extreme with an IF macro lens due to it's extreme focusing range.
There's also can be some slight variation in aperture accuracy. However, that's usually very minimal. I recall a lab test for an non-variable "f/4" zoom I use that showed the aperture was actually something like f/3.9 at the wide end and f/4.1 at the more telephoto. That's probably true of most lenses, that their designated apertures vary slightly. But this is really "splitting hairs".
But, putting aside all those slight variables and assuming it were possible to keep all focal length, aperture and distance constant... there would be absolutely no difference in DoF.
You would see far greater difference from lens-to-lens in terms of resolution, sharpness, color fidelity and rendition, distortion such as "barrel" or "pincushion", chromatic aberration, coma, vignetting, and other image quality variables.
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Please show a chart or other source that shows that dof is the same for crop and full frame. You seem to be confused by circle of confusion.