Tuesday 19 September 2017

Why Hyperfocal Distance Charts Are Wrong

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One of the most misunderstood parts about landscape photography is the correct way to fit your entire scene within a photo’s depth of field. Where do you focus? What aperture should you use? You might think that these questions are easy to answer with a hyperfocal distance chart, where you provide your focal length and aperture, and the chart tells you exactly where to focus. There’s only one hiccup — if you want the sharpest possible results, these charts are spectacularly wrong. For most landscape and architectural photographers, that’s a big deal. This article explains everything about hyperfocal distance charts: what they are, why they fail, and where to focus instead.

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from Photography Life https://photographylife.com/why-hyperfocal-distance-charts-are-wrong#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-hyperfocal-distance-charts-are-wrong

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