Hyperfocal Focusing | Great Landscape Photography
When should you use hyperfocal focusing? Well, sometimes when shooting a landscape, you want everything sharp from the front to the back of the scene. Setting a small aperture such as f/16, f/22 or even f/32 can help, but if you really want to maximize depth of field, hyperfocal focusing is the technique you need to use. To do this, you need a camera where you can switch to manual focusing and a lens inscribed with a depth of field scale (not all modern lenses have these markings these days, especially zoom lenses). If you’re not familiar with these kinds of lens markings, here’s a quick explanation: Lens Markings Primer. The picture below of a typical lens (in this case a 28mm) shows four sets of markings. At top is the distance scale (on the lens’ focus barrel) showing figures in feet and meters (this also shows the infinity position)………