Hyperfiocal distance…. The what now?

[AndyL]

October 30, 2008 at 4:04 pm

I’ve seen this term bandied about and I understand its some sort of super duper f stop/ focus distance combo, but can anyone point me dpwn the road of focussing Nirvana?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

[bingbongbiddley]

October 30, 2008 at 7:03 pm

http://www.dofmaster.com/hyperfocal.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperfocal_distance

Hope this is of some use.

[grif04]

October 30, 2008 at 7:27 pm

the hyperfocal distance is the focus setting that provides maximum DOF for any given aperture.
It is the distance to the nearest point that is sharp when the lens is set at infinity and its the nearest distance at which an object can be focused on while infinity appears sharp.
The larger the aperture, the further away this point is.
With AF ONLY camereas, you cannon set the hyperfocal distance

however

With Manual Focus cameras, you can set hyperfocal distance and then not worry about the clarity of any subjects falling withing the range of sharp focus.

[AndyL]

October 31, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Thanks all!