#hyperfocal focusing

Understanding a Lens’s Depth-of-Field Markings

This classic Zeiss 25mm lens made for the high-end Contax 35mm “analog” cameras of yester-year, is hyper-focal focused at f/5.6, with adjustments for a more suitable standard of “acceptable sharpness”. Objects from about 6 feet, all the way to “infinity”, should look acceptably sharp.

Perhaps it’s because landscape shots are a particular interest of mine, or perhaps it’s because I had some great…

Mark Wallace demonstrates how hyperfocal focusing can even be faster than your camera on auto focus.

  One of the best tricks that street photographers up their sleeves for getting sharply focused snaps is the zone focusing system. If you’ve heard of the term hyperfocal focusing, it’s essentially the same thing. It involves using the depth of field produced by your aperture and the focusing scale of your camera or lens to achieve sharp focus for both your subject and the scene. This is…