Hyperfocal Distance Cheat Sheet.

[NewHampshire]

Found this the other day and thought I would share it. If you have a distance scale on your lens, or an older lens with the distance/f stop scale this should make things a bit easier to hit hyperfocal:

chart

And if you want to do the calculaitons (which are pretty easy) for a focal length not listed the formula is found here:

formula

Brian

 

[w7xman]

UH Oh...Big word alert...

Better start with some basics first:

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0307/rb0307-1.html

 

[NewHampshire]

Yeah, the page linked with teh calculation formula has a brief description page as well. Probably should have posted that first.

Brian

 

[NewHampshire]

*****EDIT*******
Ok, I am a dummy. the first link DOES have the cheat sheet for DIGITAL as well.....I would have realized this if I had simply scrolled down the page
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I just realized the cheat sheet is for 35mm. This puts a kink in the system for you digital shooters. The second page with the formula on it is still usefull since they list the proper Circle-of-confusion (Sorry, another big word) constant for you. This just means you will have to do the calculations yourself and write out your own chart.

Brian

 

[DougPaul]

Another tutorial:

"Understanding Depth of Field"
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/dof.shtml

Includes info on the hyperfocal distance.

Doug

 

[NewHampshire]

Great Link DougPaul. Luminous Landscape is a site I found a while ago and have found it very helpfull and interesting in the past!

Brian

 

[paul ron]

Well now that you understand DOF, here is a very nice calculator you can print n assemble to carry with you, plus this site offers alot of reading material so you'll be an expert in no time at all....

http://www.dofmaster.com