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how to get everything in focus? Anonymous
for landscape style shots, what's the best way to get everything in focus?

do i simply put the aperture to the highest, like f/22 or 32 and then focus my lens to infinity and that's it?

i know the shutter speeds will be super long that way but i'm assuming landscape shots are mostly done on tripod anyway so that's not a problem
>> Anonymous
how do i find out hyperfocal distance?
>> Anonymous
>>271530
google or wiki is your friend, buddy.
>> Anonymous
oh yeah, i heard about this DOFmaster thing

when i find out the distance i need to focus on, how do i know that distance in the field? like how will i know where to focus to be at hyperfocal distance
>> Anonymous
>>271538
Your lens should have a distance scale.
>> Anonymous
what happens when i don't have one? my telephoto has one

but my standard zoom doesn't :/
>> Anonymous
>>271541

By older gear :) My shitty tamron zooms I got for free have great dof scales.
>> Anonymous
>>271541
Learn to estimate distance, or like the other guy said, buy gear that was made with some attention to finish. (Which, yes, often means older. Which is fine.)

It also doesn't have to be exact. Worst case scenario, you either fall slightly short of infinity or you loose a meter in front of you that's probably not even really in the frame.
>> Anonymous
or try to focus at 1/3 of the frame and hopefully everything is in focus.
>> Anonymous
Tilt the front standard and watch everything come into focus beautifully with the lens nearly wide open. oh shi- large format only... sorry
>> Anonymous
no, you don't want your aperture that high. diffraction comes into play and thats not cool.

for landscapes, which I assume are going to be fairly wide angle, everything with WA lenses at a distance tends to be in focus anyways, but id kick it up to f/8 or f/11.

wouldn't even bother with hyperfocal, just AF to some trees in the background and you'll be fine
>> Anonymous
>>271706
You guys are such snobs.
>> Anonymous
arnt there some kinda split lenses for this kinda thing?
swear I saw one somewhere.
You can get a tilt or shift system from araxphoto for around $200 or just go pinhole
>> Anonymous
>>271706
never used a LF camera, have you son?
>> Anonymous
cant really see how tilt will help with this shot. With such a sudden and huge step in distances, not to mention keeping the area above and below in focus.
>> Anonymous
>>271841
tilt wouldn't help, the guy who suggested it doesn't know what he's talking about
>> Anonymous
DOF stacking

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>> Anonymous
>>271915
lolno.

Use a compact if you want to do it digitally. Smaller sensor = larger DoF.
>> Anonymous
tilt wouldn't help with the example OP photo but it certainly does increase depth of field in certain circumstances.. ok, ok, it just changes the focal plane but that can lead to everything being wonderfully in focus at times.
>> Anonymous
take a picture of the buildings then lay the money on it the printout.

that will even the DOF

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