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<blockquote data-quote="okulo" data-source="post: 499566" data-attributes="member: 40687">Any permanent or semi-permanent mark is going to be of extremely limited use as as soon as the focus ring goes beyond its soft stop, the mark will be redundant.Tape fixing at infinity is not possible on the kind of lenses I am taking about either because the camera will still autofocus on my lens even if I am holding the focus ring.I used to do mental depth of field calculations when I was still using film as it was more critical than these days when photos can be reviewed immediately rather than have to wait until they came back from the lab. I appreciate your advice but now that I have worked out a method, it is pretty simple to employ - I can even do it in the dark by touch after a bit of practice.I also forgot to mention that I use the AE-L/AF-L button to focus rather than the shutter release button to prevent accidental automatic focussing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="okulo, post: 499566, member: 40687"] Any permanent or semi-permanent mark is going to be of extremely limited use as as soon as the focus ring goes beyond its soft stop, the mark will be redundant. Tape fixing at infinity is not possible on the kind of lenses I am taking about either because the camera will still autofocus on my lens even if I am holding the focus ring. I used to do mental depth of field calculations when I was still using film as it was more critical than these days when photos can be reviewed immediately rather than have to wait until they came back from the lab. I appreciate your advice but now that I have worked out a method, it is pretty simple to employ - I can even do it in the dark by touch after a bit of practice. I also forgot to mention that I use the AE-L/AF-L button to focus rather than the shutter release button to prevent accidental automatic focussing. [/QUOTE]

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