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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 278477" data-attributes="member: 9240">Wormish is spot-on about hyperfocal.&nbsp; I use it for group shots and landscapes all the time. What I would add is, if you don't have hyperfocal lines on your lens, get a depth of field app for your smartphone and use that to choose an aperture setting that will provide proper DoF for your group.&nbsp; With a 24-70mm, unless your group is very small and you are at 70mm. or you've lined them up one behind the other, you should have no issues with getting the entire group in focus.&nbsp; At 50mm and 10 feet (likely too tight and too close, but go with me) at f/11 your depth of field is 9.5 feet!!&nbsp; So everything from 7 to 16 feet from you is in focus, which is technically closer than you need.&nbsp; I focus 1/3 of the way into the group, using single-point autofocus (AF-S), knowing that I get more DoF behind than in front.&nbsp; In fact, unless I'm shooting birds in flight I'm always in AF-S mode, and if you're shooting groups and events you should be too.Here's a site where you can play with your numbers.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html" target="_blank">Online Depth of Field Calculator</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 278477, member: 9240"] Wormish is spot-on about hyperfocal. I use it for group shots and landscapes all the time. What I would add is, if you don't have hyperfocal lines on your lens, get a depth of field app for your smartphone and use that to choose an aperture setting that will provide proper DoF for your group. With a 24-70mm, unless your group is very small and you are at 70mm. or you've lined them up one behind the other, you should have no issues with getting the entire group in focus. At 50mm and 10 feet (likely too tight and too close, but go with me) at f/11 your depth of field is [I]9.5 feet[/I]!! So everything from 7 to 16 feet from you is in focus, which is technically closer than you need. I focus 1/3 of the way into the group, using single-point autofocus (AF-S), knowing that I get more DoF behind than in front. In fact, unless I'm shooting birds in flight I'm always in AF-S mode, and if you're shooting groups and events you should be too. Here's a site where you can play with your numbers. [url=http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html]Online Depth of Field Calculator[/url] [/QUOTE]

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