Is it mechanically possible to take a photo down the sights and have the front and rear sights in focus?Pic is blurry and grainy because it is indoors, no flash (longer exposure time) and sharpened in Photoshop. It will take very clear outdoor photos, just not sure how I should be going about this.That photo was taken by focusing on the front sight, then moving the lens in line with the rear sight.EXIF data available. Clickhereto show/hide.Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeNIKONCamera ModelE2000Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop 7.0Maximum Lens Aperturef/2.8Focal Length (35mm Equiv)60 mmImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution72 dpiVertical Resolution72 dpiImage Created2007:02:01 14:23:16Exposure Time0.6 secF-Numberf/3.4Exposure ProgramNormal ProgramISO Speed Rating100Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length9.10 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width836Image Height749RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoDigital Zoom RatioInfiniteScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlHigh Gain UpContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalSubject Distance RangeMacro
>>Is it mechanically possible to take a photo down the sights and have the front and rear sights in focus?No. But you can take two seperate photos with each ironsight in focus and then combine them into one image.
>>37779Hmm, I think you're on to something. I'll give that a shot.
Increase your field of view. Do this by closing your aperture to its smallest possible amount.
It's also possible that your lens can't focus that closely. Find one that can. Or stand further back and zoom in.
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>>37787The lens can, in my first post I said I had it focused on the front sight, then moved in line with the rear sight. If I focus on the rear, then of course the front blurs...
>>37791google hyperfocaltl;dr? focus in the middle, or middleish slightly towards the first sight.It's going to be hard compositionally any way you slice it.I've never tried this kind of shot. gl.
don't zoom in, the wider your focal length, the more DOF. if you can, use the smallest aperture available (f/16 or so) , trial & error to get it done. best thing would be to merge two different photos, like said by>>37779
>>37779I would do this way as well, will probably yield the best result and it's pretty easy to accomplish.>>37840This is however a common myth. Focal range doesn't effect the DOF. It's just an optical illusion that for instance 55mm would give you less DOF with the same aperture value as 18mm would. It just magnifies the effect. What already was quite blurry becomes even more blurry by "zooming" in on it.I've had to learn this the hard way too ;)