Hyperlocal markings on digital camera lenses?
Jan 22, 2020 09:10:49 #
Longshadow wrote:
So much quicker to glance at the scale than review, enlarge, enlarge, left, up, up, look, analyze, close.....
Jan 22, 2020 09:20:44 #
Very close. That's the setting for enthusiastically taking photographs no further away than one's front or back yard.
--Bob
--Bob
WILLARD98407 wrote:
Just being a butthead, I would ask, "How close is a hyperlocal"?
Jan 22, 2020 10:40:28 #
rb61 wrote:
Why do these marking seem to be missing on most?
1. With autofocus lenses they would be too close together to be readable.
2. On manual focus lenses they only give you a very rough estimate of DOF.
In either case they are relatively useless.
Jan 22, 2020 10:42:00 #
selmslie wrote:
1. With autofocus lenses they would be too close together to be readable.
2. On manual focus lenses they only give you a very rough estimate of DOF.
In either case they are relatively useless.
2. On manual focus lenses they only give you a very rough estimate of DOF.
In either case they are relatively useless.
Good for ball-parking...
Jan 22, 2020 10:47:59 #
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
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Jan 22, 2020 11:00:13 #
Longshadow wrote:
So much quicker to glance at the scale than review, enlarge, enlarge, left, up, up, look, analyze, close.....
Agreed. I definitely miss those markings on my primes.
Jan 22, 2020 11:33:30 #
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Jan 22, 2020 11:52:27 #
rb61 wrote:
Why do these marking seem to be missing on most?
The only lenses where hyperfocal markings would be useful are wide angle primes. Both my wide angle primes have hyperfocal markings on them.
Jan 22, 2020 12:54:42 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
CatMarley wrote:
The only lenses where hyperfocal markings would be useful are wide angle primes. Both my wide angle primes have hyperfocal markings on them.
My wide angle lenses have so much depth of field that the markings are mostly inconsequential. With longer focal lengths, the distance markings and depth of field scales on my Leica R prime lenses are accurate and very useful. I’m not familiar with any lens with hyperfocal markings.
Jan 22, 2020 13:08:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
So much quicker to glance at the scale than review, enlarge, enlarge, left, up, up, look, analyze, close.....
The problem with the DOF scales that were engraved on dinosaur lenses is that it relied on the manufacturer's determination as to what was an acceptable "circle of confusion".
Jan 22, 2020 13:24:38 #
rcarol wrote:
The problem with the DOF scales that were engraved on dinosaur lenses is that it relied on the manufacturer's determination as to what was an acceptable "circle of confusion".
Haha.
I must be inside that circle.
I use the marks to give me an idea of the DOF,
I don't work with no stinkin' circles.
Jan 22, 2020 13:25:51 #
Longshadow wrote:
Haha.
I must be inside that circle.
I use the marks to give me an idea of the DOF,
I don't work with no stinkin' circles.
I must be inside that circle.
I use the marks to give me an idea of the DOF,
I don't work with no stinkin' circles.
Good to know.
Jan 22, 2020 13:30:57 #
With autofocus they’re rather superfluous. Yes, I’d still like them for manually focusing landscapes, but in most cases I’m using autofocus and just putting my focus point where I want it.
Jan 22, 2020 13:39:36 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
With autofocus they’re rather superfluous. Yes, I’d still like them for manually focusing landscapes, but in most cases I’m using autofocus and just putting my focus point where I want it.
They are to see how much depth of field you are getting at a given aperture. That applies whether you are focusing manually or autofocus.
Jan 22, 2020 13:41:10 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
They are to see how much depth of field you are getting at a given aperture. That applies whether you are focusing manually or autofocus.
...or at least give you an idea.
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