Re: [OM] IMG: Sunrise, Moonset

[Chuck Norcutt]

It's basic optics, Mike, but considers not only the camera lens but the 
human eye's lens.  It has absolutely nothing to do with digital and is 
not influenced by digital technology.  It's as valid today and tomorrow 
as it was with an 8x10 view camera.
I suggest you read this for an overview
<http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/hyperfocal-distance.htm>

Chuck Norcutt

On 10/20/2014 2:16 PM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
> > Here's a little hyperfocal math at work showing the you can trust them
> > numbers.
> Nothing like a little math to obfuscate things. I never did get the
> hyperfocal thing. We were lead to believe that everything between the
> marks was "in focus". In or out. Kinda digital. But when you turn the
> focusing ring what you see is definitely analogue. What is magical about
> those little marks? Well maybe it was the limitations of the media and
> equipment of the day. I think that "hyperfocal" is a carryover from the
> past that may not have much relevance with today's technology. The
> hyperfocal spread is shrinking as the technology improves to the point
> where it becomes meaningless. Maybe that's why the markings disappeared.
>
> Mike
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