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Suman Chatterjee
 

Focusing at hyperfocal distance with landscape


We know in order to increase the sharpness of image (specially in landscape) if we focus at hyper focal distance, then from halfway of hyper focal distance up to infinity will be in sharp focus. Now how to focus at hyper focal distance when there is no distance scale or hyper focal scale on the lens barrel? Because I own a 28-80 Nikor G type lens which has got neither distance scale nor hyper focal scale on lens barrel. So what I do, first I decide the hyper focal distance (for decided aperture and focal length) from hyper focal table (available in different photography books). Now I focus approximately at hyper focal distance and then with this focusing, recompose the picture and shoot it. Please let me know whether this process will work or not. Otherwise what should be the correct procedure with this lens. Your advice in this regard will be highly appreciated.


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June 23, 2004

 
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