Barry;
Look at the focus ring and the lens flange. The flange has F/#s on it,
focus ring distances. If you focus on infinity, there will be some
distance in the foregroud after which objects out to infinity will be in
focus. Eg: Zuiko 50/1.8: when focussed to infinity with lens aperture
set at F/8, acceptable focus is from 10m to infinity. But if aperture is
set to F/16, the close limit moves to 5m. But, look what happens if you
set the focus to 10m and aper to F/8. Now the flange marks indicate
acceptable focus from 5m to infinity, same as F/16 above! Very useful
to use this method for max depthe of field. Method is called
'hyperfocal.'
Hope this helps.
George
"Barry B. Bean" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 4 May 1999 08:38:09 -0500, Tim Breen wrote:
>
> >Lastly, I like using a monopod because I can slap on a 24mm, focus to
> >infinity and stop it down for DOF,
>
> Could someone, in plain english, explain to me the significance of F
> Stop once you're focused at infinity. For instance, if I'm shooting
> the horizon (focused at infinity), what difference does the F stop
> make beyond the obvious relationship to shutter speed?
>
> BBB
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