Kusca
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Before I start, I would just like to say thank you all for you contribution to this website, and for providing help for people new to photography such as my self, for me to be where I am at presently, it would take me much longer had it not been for this website and the advice given.
Now my questions is:
I am reading a few things about Hyperfocus:
In Brian Peterson's great book Understanding Exposure he says "to get everything in the shot shoot f/22 (I have a question about this later), and focus 3 feet away with a UWA lens, and 5 feet away on a normal lens while manually focusing" (not exactly those words just paraphrasing). I have a few questions about this:
1. After this I read about hyper focusing I guessing this is what Brian is also talking about?
2.Why does one have to manually focus this shot why not put it to f/10 or higher, and AF 3 feet away?
3. If your camera has manual focus confirmation what difference does this make then using AF, isn't the camera saying yes you are in focus, where on AF it is putting it into focus itself using the same method it did to confirm your manual focus shot?
4.I heard people say stay away from f/22, I tried to take a photo at f/22 with my Sony 35mm f/1.8 while trying to manually focus, and I think it looks bad, I don't know if I manually focused wrong (but nothing is in focus it seems and at f/22 shouldn't something be in focus?), or if it is diffraction from the lens because I shot at f/22?
2 different pictures first one was edited in LR, both are manual focus at f/22, 1/20 shutter speed hand held with steady shot on.
You might have to pixel peek to see what I am talking about, look at the tree to the right to see what I am talking about.
Now my questions is:
I am reading a few things about Hyperfocus:
In Brian Peterson's great book Understanding Exposure he says "to get everything in the shot shoot f/22 (I have a question about this later), and focus 3 feet away with a UWA lens, and 5 feet away on a normal lens while manually focusing" (not exactly those words just paraphrasing). I have a few questions about this:
1. After this I read about hyper focusing I guessing this is what Brian is also talking about?
2.Why does one have to manually focus this shot why not put it to f/10 or higher, and AF 3 feet away?
3. If your camera has manual focus confirmation what difference does this make then using AF, isn't the camera saying yes you are in focus, where on AF it is putting it into focus itself using the same method it did to confirm your manual focus shot?
4.I heard people say stay away from f/22, I tried to take a photo at f/22 with my Sony 35mm f/1.8 while trying to manually focus, and I think it looks bad, I don't know if I manually focused wrong (but nothing is in focus it seems and at f/22 shouldn't something be in focus?), or if it is diffraction from the lens because I shot at f/22?
2 different pictures first one was edited in LR, both are manual focus at f/22, 1/20 shutter speed hand held with steady shot on.
You might have to pixel peek to see what I am talking about, look at the tree to the right to see what I am talking about.
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