Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/09

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Subject: Re: Hyperfocal Technique
From: Arnold Don Abravanel <arniea@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 03:34:47 GMT

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