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Hyperfocal distance

In optics and photography, hyperfocal distance is a distance from a lens beyond which all objects can be brought into an "acceptable" focus. As the hyperfocal distance is the focus distance giving the maximum depth of field, it is the most desirable distance to set the focus of a fixed-focus camera. The hyperfocal distance is entirely dependent upon what…

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Focal lengthLensObjects at infinity
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LensesFixed focusCamera
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Acceptable sharpness

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Two definitions

Acceptable sharpness

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Example

Consecutive depths of field

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Hyperfocal distance

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Edges24
Triples46
Avg. degree1.92
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related to Consecutive depths of field · 8
Hyperfocal distance → H/2, H/3, H/4, H/n, That, The, This, Welborne Piper
related to Johnson 1909 · 7
Hyperfocal distance → Abney, Depth, Field, Focus, George Lindsay Johnson, He, His
related to Others, early twentieth century · 5
Hyperfocal distance → Bayley's The Complete Photographer, Cassell's Cyclopaedia, Photography, The, The Sinclair Handbook
related to Sutton and Dawson 1867 · 5
Hyperfocal distance → CoC, George Dawson, Their, Thomas Sutton, What
is a · 4
Hyperfocal distance → closest distance at which a lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp, distance beyond which all objects are acceptably sharp, distance from a lens beyond which all objects can be brought into an, focus distance giving the maximum depth of field
related to Acceptable sharpness · 3
Hyperfocal distance → CoC, The, This
related to Kingslake 1951 · 3
Hyperfocal distance → DOF, Kingslake, Rudolf Kingslake
related to Taylor 1892 · 3
Hyperfocal distance → CoC, John Traill Taylor, This
related to Derr 1906 · 2
Hyperfocal distance → Louis Derr, Using
related to Example · 2
Hyperfocal distance → As, Definition

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distance hyperfocal lens focus focal depth field confusion infinity first length range circle diameter definition formula object focused acceptable aperture

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Hyperfocal distanceis adistance from a lens beyond which all objects can be brought into an0.90text
Hyperfocal distanceis afocus distance giving the maximum depth of field0.90text
Hyperfocal distanceis aclosest distance at which a lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp0.90text
Hyperfocal distanceis adistance beyond which all objects are acceptably sharp0.90text
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Acceptable sharpnessThe0.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Acceptable sharpnessCoC0.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Acceptable sharpnessThis0.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Consecutive depths of fieldThe0.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Consecutive depths of fieldH/20.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Consecutive depths of fieldH/30.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Consecutive depths of fieldH/40.60section
Hyperfocal distancerelated to Consecutive depths of fieldThis0.60section

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