Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I doubt that I qualify as being "more knowledgable," but I can offer the following explanation from Ed. Morris, found at <http://pages.prodigy.net/ecmorris/tips/hyprfcl.htm>: "When you focus your lens at the hyperfocal distance, everything from 1/2 the hyperfocal distance to infinity will be reasonably sharp. For example, a 24mm lens set to f/16, and focused at its hyperfocal distance of 5 feet will photograph objects from 2.5 feet to infinity in sharp detail..." Hope this helps.///Dick Baznik ________ At 09:29 AM 6/14/99 -0400, Richard J. Wyble wrote: >Please pardon a question from an ignorant one. > >This 30, 50, and 100 formula establishes the hyperfocal distance, does >it not? If that is so, how--precisely--does one then know the depth of >field? OR .. do I misunderstand "hyperfocal distance?" i.e., does >"hyperfocal" mean that the far distance will be infinity ... and there I >may have answered my own question, but will appreciate confirmation or >refutation from those more knowledgable than myself. > >