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4gotunameagainyesterday at 1:14 PM0 repliesview on HN

The larger the entrance pupil is, the narrower the depth of field is.

The smaller, i.e. the closest to an ideal pinhole camera, the wider the depth of field is. A an ideal pinhole camera has infinite depth of field.

Unfortunately the aperture f numbers are the wrong way round; larger numbers correspond to smaller diameters.