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HYPERFOCAL DISTANCE
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April 21, 2013 |
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My good friend Mike Margulus & his wife Liz
just got back from a trip to Scotland where
they worked with a professional photographer
one-on-one. One of the topics they covered
was the use of hyper focal distance to
maximize the depth of field in photos. |
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This is the process Mike shared with me: |
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1. Set-up the camera on your tripod and
obtain the rough composition you are going
for, |
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2. Switch the lens to Manual Focus and
adjust your camera f-stop to somewhere
between f/11 to f/16, |
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3. Enter the Live View mode of your camera.
You will notice the grid imposed on your
display. Pick a focal point somewhere along
the 1/3 from the bottom horizontal grid
marking, |
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4. Set your Live View to display a 5X view
of your composition and manually focus on
the point you selected in 3 above, |
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5. Leaving the lens on Manual Focus, adjust
your composition to its final state, |
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6. Take your photo. |
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Using this technique, everything in your
composition from this 1/3 point to infinity
should be in focus. |
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Note: items within the range of 0 to 1/3
will not be in focus so if this causes a
distraction, increase your f-stop as you see
fit. You may want to bracket your shots
for aperture setting until you get a better feel for the process. |
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