DOF
& Hyperfocal Distance
by J. Ramón Palacios
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Printable Hyperfocal Distance Tables & How To Set
it in Your Lens
You
may print our 35mm film Hyperfocal distances tables from here.
For
typical wide angle lenses on a Digital SLR, you may download
a table here for your bag.
You
can obtain here the Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
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Hyperfocal
distance at work. Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED IF AF-S on Nikon
F5
2nd ANPAT. Near the Sand Dunes, Monument Valley, Arizona.
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Or
you get for yourself and your friends The
MAX DOF Tool, a white T-shirt with the hyperfocal
table printed upside-down for easy consultation while wearing
it. Available in all sizes, male and female and for kids
too; for 35mm and digital, in both meters and feet.
Oh,
and in Nikon
yellow too.
Most
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For
a hyperfocal table of typical wide angle focal lengths on a Nikon
or Fujifilm digital SLR, click
here
"Ok. Now that I know the number, how do I set that Hyperfocal
Distance on my lens?"
The
short answer is: you don't. Modern lenses don't have room in their
barrels for the set of markings required, specially super-wide
angle zooms. So it is best to estimate the distance and focus
there. As long as your are approximately there, you'll get great
results. That is how all of the samples in these pages were accomplished.
And
our thanks again to Don Fleming of www.dofmaster.com
and to The
Javascript Source for their courtesy to provide you with the
DOF Calculator
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