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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cbay" data-source="post: 481376" data-attributes="member: 35177">Thanks,  it was a decent night and all the different detail all the way to the foreground was a good test of the lens and depth of field.   I'd say yes you could focus too close and lose some background sharpness and vice versa, but at 11mm it's not too tough.  The hyperfocal calculators say to focus around 2.5 ft. to get 1.25 - infinity, but i still have a habit of not trusting it after a prior experience and focus on something about 7 or 8 ft. in front of me.  I definitely need to go out and test the distances properly.  If you get down low and dial in on some super close foreground objects then focus stacking may be the best bet.A big bonus i found with the lens is how flare prooof it is.  I'd say it's as good or maybe better than my 18-140!!</blockquote>