Comments on: Hyperfocal Distance – Photographer’s Friend http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-236159 Jason Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:33:32 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-236159 This is interesting article but bit unclear on how to calculate hyper focal distance. I found another post which explains with formula. Very undressing article and well explained. I recommend to check following link. http://www.dailyphotographytips.net/question-answer/what-is-hyperfocal-distance-and-when-to-use-it/ This is interesting article but bit unclear on how to calculate hyper focal distance. I found another post which explains with formula. Very undressing article and well explained. I recommend to check following link.

http://www.dailyphotographytips.net/question-answer/what-is-hyperfocal-distance-and-when-to-use-it/

]]> By: jim giner http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-192544 jim giner Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:24:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-192544 I found this article to be not very informative. I now know no more about hf distances and their usefulness. Disappointing offering. Another thing that helped to come to this opinion was the quick jump to another little-used feature of many cameras - the dof preview button. I've known about my button since day 1, but find it to be impractical. Pressing that button is supposed to stop down the lens so I can get a feel for what will be in focus. I must be doing something wrong then, because in practice all it does on my Canon 50d (and my Rebel before that) is make the image in the viewfinder so dim that I can't tell if anything(!) is in focus, let alone the range that is supposed to be in focus. I found this article to be not very informative. I now know no more about hf distances and their usefulness. Disappointing offering.

Another thing that helped to come to this opinion was the quick jump to another little-used feature of many cameras – the dof preview button. I’ve known about my button since day 1, but find it to be impractical. Pressing that button is supposed to stop down the lens so I can get a feel for what will be in focus. I must be doing something wrong then, because in practice all it does on my Canon 50d (and my Rebel before that) is make the image in the viewfinder so dim that I can’t tell if anything(!) is in focus, let alone the range that is supposed to be in focus.

]]> By: Michelle True http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-153763 Michelle True Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:22:03 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-153763 I don't think I have a dof preview button on my camera. I have never heard of that on mine. I have a Nikon D90 I don’t think I have a dof preview button on my camera. I have never heard of that on mine. I have a Nikon D90

]]> By: wade http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-90002 wade Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:13:53 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-90002 Thats all well and good if your camera has a depth of field button. I don't have that option so I use the viewfider and stop down to get the greatest depth of feid. I also rely on the depth of field setting on the 35mm auto focus lens. I wish they still put those guide lines on the new digital lens. Thats all well and good if your camera has a depth of field button. I don’t have that option so I use the viewfider and stop down to get the greatest depth of feid. I also rely on the depth of field setting on the 35mm auto focus lens. I wish they still put those guide lines on the new digital lens.

]]> By: GX67 http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55819 GX67 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:05:24 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55819 There's actually a new iTouch/iPhone app that's useful for calculating hyperfocal distance. I believe it's called Field Tools, and it's FREE. It was gone over in an article at the diyphotography.net website. http://www.diyphotography.net/three-great-iphone-apps-for-photographers Link, if you're interested. There’s actually a new iTouch/iPhone app that’s useful for calculating hyperfocal distance. I believe it’s called Field Tools, and it’s FREE.

It was gone over in an article at the diyphotography.net website.

http://www.diyphotography.net/three-great-iphone-apps-for-photographers

Link, if you’re interested.

]]> By: Wayan Suadnyana http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55765 Wayan Suadnyana Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:28:11 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55765 great article...i never knew about it... great article…i never knew about it…

]]> By: Lennard http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55702 Lennard Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:10:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55702 Best infos I found in the net about Hyperfocal Distance are the both podcasts from Martin Bailey "#065 Understanding Hyperfocal distance"-> http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=65#Ep65 and "#132 DOF Explained"-> http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=132#Ep132 And the pdf-file to the "DOF Explained"podcast, click-> http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=132.1#Ep132.1 Really every KB is worth to download. Get a bit more in "depth". Lennard Best infos I found in the net about Hyperfocal Distance are the both podcasts from Martin Bailey
“#065 Understanding Hyperfocal distance”->
http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=65#Ep65
and “#132 DOF Explained”->
http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=132#Ep132
And the pdf-file to the “DOF Explained”podcast, click->
http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/podcasts.php?dt=sa&ep=132.1#Ep132.1
Really every KB is worth to download. Get a bit more in “depth”.

Lennard

]]> By: Nick http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55630 Nick Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:59:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55630 <blockquote>My D50 and your D50 has a depth of field preview button. You can check the book or look for the black button on the left side below your lens. check it out. I’m not sure about the D40 but I would check the book Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend#ixzz0KDDyOHIo&C </blockquote> The D40/x/D60/D5000 lack a DOF preview button. However, since they're digital, you can always just take a test shot and zoom in on the LCD to see which areas are in focus. I much prefer this to using DOF preview on 35mm cameras. I find DOF preview both more useful and more necessary on my RB67, because DOF is trickier with 6x7 format, and because the gigantic viewfinder means it's possible to make out detail easily even when the lens is stopped down. But for those who want to do scale focus work on a Nikon, my suggestion is just to buy a nice old lens with DOF markings. (And, if your camera is DX, use the markings for one stop wider than what you're shooting at.) A 28mm f/3.5 H can be found for under $50 easily, it's a great lens for landscape, infrared, and street, and quite easy to scale focus. It won't meter on the consumer bodies, but that's no big deal with digital, anyway.

My D50 and your D50 has a depth of field preview button. You can check the book or look for the black button on the left side below your lens. check it out.
I’m not sure about the D40 but I would check the book

Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend#ixzz0KDDyOHIo&C

The D40/x/D60/D5000 lack a DOF preview button. However, since they’re digital, you can always just take a test shot and zoom in on the LCD to see which areas are in focus. I much prefer this to using DOF preview on 35mm cameras. I find DOF preview both more useful and more necessary on my RB67, because DOF is trickier with 6×7 format, and because the gigantic viewfinder means it’s possible to make out detail easily even when the lens is stopped down.

But for those who want to do scale focus work on a Nikon, my suggestion is just to buy a nice old lens with DOF markings. (And, if your camera is DX, use the markings for one stop wider than what you’re shooting at.)

A 28mm f/3.5 H can be found for under $50 easily, it’s a great lens for landscape, infrared, and street, and quite easy to scale focus. It won’t meter on the consumer bodies, but that’s no big deal with digital, anyway.

]]> By: bob gardner http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55629 bob gardner Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:38:32 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55629 My D50 and your D50 has a depth of field preview button. You can check the book or look for the black button on the left side below your lens. check it out. I'm not sure about the D40 but I would check the book My D50 and your D50 has a depth of field preview button. You can check the book or look for the black button on the left side below your lens. check it out.
I’m not sure about the D40 but I would check the book

]]> By: Turo Jantunen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/hyperfocal-distance-photographers-friend/comment-page-1#comment-55588 Turo Jantunen Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:21:12 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=6937#comment-55588 You can calculate exact hyperfocal charts with http://www.dofmaster.com/doftable.html. Choose your camera body and lens combination and then also sensor size is correctly taking care of those calculations. You can calculate exact hyperfocal charts with http://www.dofmaster.com/doftable.html. Choose your camera body and lens combination and then also sensor size is correctly taking care of those calculations.

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