Apparently the lens is sharpest at f/4.
Still doesn't stop us die-hard large DOf field guys wanting more.
You can set the AF/AEL button to activate auto-focus.
If you now set the camera in Manual focus mode, you can press the AF/AEL button to do the initial focus automatically. I know that others have said that manual focusing is really tricky BUT leaving that aside for the moment, you can display a distance scale in manual focus, even in the OVF (and even in feet rather than metres for old farts like me). As part of this distance scale it shows where the focus point is AND the range of distances in focus for the given aperture.
I haven't tried it in the field yet but is the first genuinely useful implementation of a hyperfocal aid in the digital era?
Lee
Still doesn't stop us die-hard large DOf field guys wanting more.
You can set the AF/AEL button to activate auto-focus.
If you now set the camera in Manual focus mode, you can press the AF/AEL button to do the initial focus automatically. I know that others have said that manual focusing is really tricky BUT leaving that aside for the moment, you can display a distance scale in manual focus, even in the OVF (and even in feet rather than metres for old farts like me). As part of this distance scale it shows where the focus point is AND the range of distances in focus for the given aperture.
I haven't tried it in the field yet but is the first genuinely useful implementation of a hyperfocal aid in the digital era?
Lee