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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 365548" data-attributes="member: 9240">The suggestions here are what you need, but I just want to add that multiple focus points do not mean that the camera will adjust in a way to allow multiple objects at different distances to be in focus.&nbsp; Multiple focus points are utilized by the focus system for focus acquisition and tracking, but the system can only lock on one focal distance at a time.&nbsp; Whether or not multiple focal distances are in focus depends on depth of field.&nbsp; Lenses used to have hyperfocal markings showing you what distances outside the focal point would be in focus at various apertures, but that's a thing of the past.&nbsp; Get yourself a Depth of Field Calculator app.&nbsp; It can come in extremely handy in situations like yours.&nbsp; Enter your lens' focal length and distance to focal point and it will tell you the distances in front and behind that will also be in focus at a given aperture.&nbsp; Use that aperture to insure your subjects are in focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 365548, member: 9240"] The suggestions here are what you need, but I just want to add that [I]multiple focus points[/I] do not mean that the camera will adjust in a way to allow multiple objects at different distances to be in focus. Multiple focus points are utilized by the focus system for focus acquisition and tracking, but the system can only lock on one focal distance at a time. Whether or not multiple focal distances are in focus depends on depth of field. Lenses used to have hyperfocal markings showing you what distances outside the focal point would be in focus at various apertures, but that's a thing of the past. Get yourself a Depth of Field Calculator app. It can come in extremely handy in situations like yours. Enter your lens' focal length and distance to focal point and it will tell you the distances in front and behind that will also be in focus at a given aperture. Use that aperture to insure your subjects are in focus. [/QUOTE]

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