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<blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 483977" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>Yes I have. It all depends on what lens you are using and what aperture you have it set at. Once you know those two things you can find the hyperfocal distance. Sounds scary but it is quite simple. Here is a handy online app to help you <a href="http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html" target="_blank">Online Depth of Field Calculator</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Lets say you are shooting your 18-55 set on 18mm. Aperture F11 ISO 100 with full manual on camera and focus. </p><p></p><p>Check you app now and you will see what I am talking about</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><br /> So if you focus on something 10 feet away in manual focus every thing from 4.76 feet to infinity will be in focus. For good measure for lightening I would probably focus on something a little further away for good measure.<br /> <br /> If you move up to 55mm then you would need to focus on something at least 44 feet away to get everything all the way to infinity in focus.<br /> <br /> So you see the longer the lens to further away you have to focus. When I shoot night shots I always use this method when I don't have a good target to focus on. Like shooting lightening or the milkyway. But generally you can find something like a street light or house or something you can see well enough to focus by that is far enough away to be PAST the hyper-focal distance. Farther away it better in this particular situation <br /> <br /> Ok, now I expect to see some great lightening shots. </td><td><br /> <br /> <br /> </td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don Kuykendall_RIP, post: 483977, member: 6277"] Yes I have. It all depends on what lens you are using and what aperture you have it set at. Once you know those two things you can find the hyperfocal distance. Sounds scary but it is quite simple. Here is a handy online app to help you [url=http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html]Online Depth of Field Calculator[/url] Lets say you are shooting your 18-55 set on 18mm. Aperture F11 ISO 100 with full manual on camera and focus. Check you app now and you will see what I am talking about [TABLE] [TR] [TD] So if you focus on something 10 feet away in manual focus every thing from 4.76 feet to infinity will be in focus. For good measure for lightening I would probably focus on something a little further away for good measure. If you move up to 55mm then you would need to focus on something at least 44 feet away to get everything all the way to infinity in focus. So you see the longer the lens to further away you have to focus. When I shoot night shots I always use this method when I don't have a good target to focus on. Like shooting lightening or the milkyway. But generally you can find something like a street light or house or something you can see well enough to focus by that is far enough away to be PAST the hyper-focal distance. Farther away it better in this particular situation Ok, now I expect to see some great lightening shots. [/TD] [TD="class: textClassResults, align: left"] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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