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Subject: [OM] Re: Workshop photos
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:23:53 -0400
Thanks.  That will be quite handy.

Chuck Norcutt wrote:

>Earl Dunbar wrote:
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>>...I haven't done a lot of shooting using hyperfocal distance for 
>>awhile, so I'm hoping that I'll be able to recover that skill quickly 
>>enough.  
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>>I plan on taking the 35SP and an OM-1n (or perhaps a 2n) with the 28/2.8 
>>or 28/3.5 and /maybe/ the 21/2. I need to travel very light, so unless 
>>anyone has other suggestions, this is the kit.  Hyperfocal focusing 
>>should be pretty easy with the wides on the OM, and slightly more fussy 
>>on the SP w/ it's perfect 42mm focal length.  ;-)
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>
>Hyperfocal table good enough for 8x10.
>Near focus = 1/2 hyperfocal distance.
>Far focus  = infinity.
>
>       Hyperfocal distance in feet
>f/ratio        42mm    28mm    21mm
>=======        =====   =====   =====
>  2.8  62      28      16
>  4    44      20      11      
>  5.6  32      14       8
>  8    22      10       5.5
>11     16       7       4
>16     11       5       2.8
>
>Since you have lenses here which are a factor of 2x apart in focal 
>length it is easy to see the relationship of hyperfocal distance and 
>focal length.  Cutting the focal length by a factor of 2 causes the 
>hyperfocal distance to shrink by a factor of 4 or 2 squared.  Opening 
>the lens by two stops causes the hyperfocal distance to shrink by a 
>factor of 2 and opening one stop by a factor of 1.4 or the square root of 2.
>
>Enjoy,
>Chuck Norcutt
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