Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I would be very interested in hearing some ways that you have used the >hyperfocal focus using M system. Are there anything unusual that you do. Do >you use it often and under what conditions. I use scale focusing almost all the time, with most lenses under 50mm on 35mm cameras. Also on my Minox subminis. Using the hyperfocal is easy when critical focus is not necessary ... and that's any time you can use an aperture of f/8 or smaller and the primary subject is more than 5-6 feet away from you. There's nothing particularly unusual about how I go about it. On lenses with DOF markings, I just set the focus limits according to the marks. On some without the DOF marks, and with zooms, I use the table in the Kodak Pocket Photoguide to estimate hyperfocal distance with different focal length settings. Godfrey