Dashboard widget - depth of field calculator

[Phil K]

Fellow Mac OS X Tiger user, this is a very handy widget

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/dofcdepthoffieldcalculator.html

 

[dbirdsong]

I just grabbed it and I can't get it to do anything for me..
Is it working right on your Mac Phil?

 

[Phil K]

Dave, it works for me. Click on the 'i' & select 'Nikon Dx' format. Then back to the front, type in the focal length, select the f stop, type in the distance in the 'focus' field, click on the ruler window and you can see the 'nf' and 'ff' value.

 

[strobel]

Well I downloaded the widget to my mac and nothing. You can go to the back but nothing is selectable.. That is to bad, I will have to try it on my work system on Monday

Thanks
Ron

 

[Phil K]

Weird. It works for me but both Dave & Ron are experiencing problems. Any one else has tried it?

 

[sbuttrick]

I downloaded it to my Powerbook and no go. It downloads ok, but doesn't work. To bad it looks like a good tool.

 

[Beezle]

Yeah, it definitely has problems.

 

[Phil K]

Sorry guys for posting something that doesn't work for you. But I still don't get it. I just tried again and it worked perfectly on the G4 iMac. I am using OS X 10.4.2, and the DOF calculator version is 1.3.1

 

[strobel]

Ok, so I downloaded it on to my wife's laptop and it worked fine. But I noticed that the first think I did after installation is hit some number like 22 then everything worked. So I went back to my system (where it did not work) and reinstalled it by double clicking it. The system came up asked me if I wanted to keep it, i said yes. Next I typed in 22, and bam! everything worked. With a little luck it will work for you. Don't know why but it does now work.

Ron Strobel

 

[Beezle]

That seems to fix it. Whoever wrote it isn't initializing that field, and didn't design it to work well when that field is empty.

Ok, so I downloaded it on to my wife's laptop and it worked fine. But I noticed that the first think I did after installation is hit some number like 22 then everything worked. So I went back to my system (where it did not work) and reinstalled it by double clicking it. The system came up asked me if I wanted to keep it, i said yes. Next I typed in 22, and bam! everything worked. With a little luck it will work for you. Don't know why but it does now work.

Ron Strobel

 

[Phil K]

Thanks Ron for sorting it our. Now in retrospect, I believed I typed in some numbers when I first started it.

Hope you find it useful.