Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This sounds like real good advice. I will try your way. Arnold At 11:41 AM 1/7/97 -0500, you wrote: >At 03:58 PM 1/5/97 GMT, you wrote: >>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. >> >>Arnold >>Arnold Don Abravanel >>arniea@loop.com >> >> >I suppose this isn't technically "hyperfocal distance" but, in addition to >what's already been said, it's useful with landscape photography where you >may want a lot of items at different distances from you in focus. My >method: Measure the distance to the nearest item, to the furthest item, >then see what focus point and f-stop is required to get it all into focus >using the DOF scale on the lens, then stop down one extra stop to improve >the quality. Of course, even with the last step, not everything "in focus" >will be equally sharp. You have to decide what's acceptable to you. >Charles E. Love, Jr. >CEL14@CORNELL.EDU > > > Arnold Don Abravanel arniea@loop.com