Re: Hyperfocal focusing: Use judgment first!

[P3D Ronald W Doerfler <doerfler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>And yes, there are those of us who don't subscribe to the belief that
>everything in the superior stereo shot must be in sharp focus, and that
>selective focus is a tool for the stereographer as well as the plano
>photographer.

With a Realist camera, if you take a shot of something closer than
7 feet, you can't have something at infinity anymore or your
eyes go agog trying to fuse all of it (I have saved, but don't recall,
the exact formulas for the near-far distances).  If I do have to
take a close-up with my Realist and have some further background,
I find that having an out-of-focus background allows me to push the
envelope of this rule significantly.

Ron Doerfler



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