I think you are confusing depth of field with hyperfocal distance. Not the same thing.Very wide angle lenses tend to have a very large hyperfocal distance (look it up, TL;DR the distance from the lens where the subject is in 'adequate' focus). Simple wide angles tend to work better at distance than close up. Makes sense, you are not flying 200 feet off the ground to get close ups. Anything beyond 3 or 4 feet 'should' be in focus for that lens. Like alok, I get better results from at least a 10 foot distance. That said, you can get nice close ups of trees that you are about to run into....
So you typically don't worry about focus. If you have to worry about focus, you should be more worried about that tree.
They are related, of course. I'm sure that my one liner explanation wasn't terribly clear.I think you are confusing depth of field with hyperfocal distance. Not the same thing.
You know actually you're correct. Probably should just leave the discussion at 'DOF' like you suggested. Take home lesson is the same.Hyperfocal distance only applies to a camera that can be focused.
What is DOF?You know actually you're correct. Probably should just leave the discussion at 'DOF' like you suggested. Take home lesson is the same.
Before we had auto focus and they took the depth of field markings off the lens barrel...people don't learn anymore. They rely on everything being automated.You know actually you're correct. Probably should just leave the discussion at 'DOF' like you suggested. Take home lesson is the same.