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DOF & Hyperfocal Distance
by J. Ramón Palacios

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DOF and Hyperfocal Distance
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PDF 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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For a hyperfocal table of typical wide angle focal lengths on a Nikon or Fujifilm digital SLR with DX format, 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, focus there and lock it. 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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