Re: [KOML] hyperfocal focus

["Al Smith" <adsmith@mailzone.com>]

New York Inst of Photography still teach the use of hyperfocal distance.....

www.nyip.com


-----Original Message-----
From: John J Stafford <stafford@WIND.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
To: Koni-Omega Mailing List <koni-omega@snoopy.cmagic.com>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [KOML] hyperfocal focus


>From: n1965n <n1965n@ticon.net>
>
>> Hi All: Do you get good tack sharp photos using the hyperfocal settings
>> on the KO? :) Jim
>
>May I? (I may seem testy this morning, but I'm shooting winter action
>(motorcycle ice-races) in bad light with a long (mirror) lens  this
>weekend.) Today, just today, I want to be Weege with a 4x5 Speed Graphic
>and a huge #1 bulb blasting at 10 feet.) :)
>
>IMHO, hyperfocoal is nonsense when extended to infinity.  Technically,
>certainly there is such a thing but if you want something in focus at
>infinity, then focus at infinity. Hyperfocal was originally intended to
>accomodate earlier lenses which were not very good by today's standards.
>Those who defined hyperfocal accepted a large circle of confusion that is
>not acceptable today, so beware of the source of the settings you may be
>referring to.
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