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- adjective photography Describing the
distance on which acamera must befocused in order to achieve the maximumdepth of field
Etymologies
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Wide-angle lenses have an excellent "depth of field," meaning more of the shot appears in focus and about one third of the way into the shot is known as the hyperfocal distance.
link 2008
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Is there any way to set the focus on your camera to the “hyperfocal” distance, and make both foreground and background in focus?
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“Is there any way to set the focus on your camera to the ‘hyperfocal’ distance, and make both foreground and background in focus?”
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And with no distance scale, shooting hyperfocal is harder than it ought to be.
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Downtown Yorkville yesterday afternoon, trying to persuade myself that hyperfocal at f/1.4 is workable.
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And with no distance scale, shooting hyperfocal is harder than it ought to be.
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The program is designed for macrophotography, microphotography and hyperfocal landscape photography to cope with the shallow depth-of-field problem.
MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2010
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Hyperfocal distance is that special focus condition in which clear focus is obtained from ½ the hyperfocal focus point to infinity.
PictureCorrect Photography Tips Richard Schneider 2010
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And, may be related, is there a hyperfocal distance for macro lenses when used for macro work?
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Downtown Yorkville yesterday afternoon, trying to persuade myself that hyperfocal at f/1.4 is workable.
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