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P3D Re: DOF and Hyperfocal distance - part III

  • From: Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D Re: DOF and Hyperfocal distance - part III
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:12:30 -0600
>Note that the hyperfocal distance for f8 is 15 feet which means
>that everything from 7.5 feet to infinity will be sharp with f8
>(or any aperture smaller than f8, like f11 or f16).  Based on this,
>I recommend the following manual settings for your stereo camera:

  I assume you are talking about 35mm lenses.
The hyperfocal distance is different for
people shooting with 28's or 50's or 80mm
lenses (in medium format on the last one).

Greg E.


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