Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Forget about depth of field scales
From: "Timothy R. Kuntz" <covbldrs@usit.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 14:09:56 -0400

- ----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Mitch Alland" <malland@mac.com>
>>Always wanting to simplify things, my inclination is to:
>>1. use the infinity focus for general landscapes in which you want things far away to be sharp; 
>>2. focus on the main object if there is one; and 
>>3. use hyperfocal distance of two f-stops larger than the aperture one is using in cases in >>which you want maximum DOF in landacapes where the main is somewhat in the foreground, >>say 20 feet away. What do you think of this?
>>Mitch

What about the 'focus about 1/3 of the distance into the picture"?
Tim K.