Using Hyperfocal Distance to Ensure Maximum Depth of Field in Landscape Photography. Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+.
This tutorial was first published in October, 2009. Have you ever got home after what you thought was a great day’s photography, only to upload your images and find that they were sharp in either the foreground or background but with the rest of the image not quite in focus? By applying the simple rules of Hyperfocal Distance you can be sure that you are shooting images which are sharp from foreground to background on almost every occasion.
Hyperfocal distance. Definition 2: The hyperfocal distance is the distance beyond which all objects are acceptably sharp, for a lens focused at infinity.
The distinction between the two meanings is rarely made, since they have almost identical values. The value computed according to the first definition exceeds that from the second by just one focal length. Online Depth of Field Calculator.