Live: Hyperfocal Focusing - Why Landscape Photographers NEED This.

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Learn how to maximize your depth of field using the hyperlocal focusing technique. RMSP instructor, Rob Gappert, will cover what hyperfocal focusing is, why you should use it, when you should use it, and of course HOW to use it! All presented in an easy to understand way.
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[@dmac5x1]

This far and away the BEST explanation of hyperfocal distance and its application that I have seen. I'm an experienced photographer and felt that I understood the concept but your presentation solidified my understanding. Bravo !!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@firstMillo]

Wow, you nailed it! By far the best and easiest to understand explanation I have ever found! Now I got it! Thanks a lot! With the modern live view modes it is no more that hard to find the correct settings but that basics need to be understood first!

[@manishmishra6945]

Fantastic video..the best on this topic I have ever watched and thanks a zillion for this...

[@heinz4841]

Finally, I understand how this works. What a great explanation! Bravo! You get 100 thumbs up from me!

[@rickgonzalez6345]

Best video on hyperfocal focusing I’ve ever seen!!! Thanks

[@forestchaput]

Wow, thanks!

[@Gordonlanguam]

Thank you for doing the examples with the table. I was actually looking for a tutorial like this today

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it!

[@Astrogator1]

Thanks for this, have struggled with this for years and looked at various explanations of how to do this. yours is one of easiest to follow

[@forestchaput]

Thank you! Rob did a fantastic job!

[@richardarmstrong1682]

This was a great explanation of a fairly complex subject. I found it easy to follow and understand. I appreciated the slides that helped to get the information across in a way that was easy to comprehend. Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@livedeliciously]

Fantastic! One of the best explanations I've seen on hyperfocal distancing.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BudBetz]

Excellent presentation!!!

[@ivyzhu394]

Thank you, the best video I’ve found about hyper focal distance!!! This is so helpful.

[@forestchaput]

We’re so glad you enjoyed it!

[@servicecatchers3190]

Amazing job guys

[@cool4fam99]

very helpful. the clearest explanation and examples i've seen. thanks!

[@forestchaput]

You're very welcome!

[@FLORAMORAITINI]

Excellent explanation, thank you

[@Ninjatoka]

Best video I’ve seen on this subject so far thank you

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it! 👍

[@timryan894]

Great presentation and making the subject easy to understand - well done

[@forestchaput]

Thanks!

[@markstclair4471]

This made it so easy for me to understand! Thank you for sharing

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it!

[@sachinkulkarni8742]

Beautifully explained ... thank you so much.

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@SanPedro22]

I never knew - each lens has its sharpest f stop. Wow! After all these years. This was a massive help.

[@mrbobb4989]

A lot of info to take in but well worth it.. well on my way to understanding hyperfocal focusing..Thanks..

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it!

[@SniperPhotography]

This is the best presentation on this subject I have ever seen. well done.

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@grephusingati7807]

Very educative easily explained,thank you

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mlc3ifly]

Watched a lot of these videos and this one helped me.

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it!

[@hyolee5223]

Best video for hypofocal distance that I have seen so far. 👍

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@brycenew]

Thank you for this teaching; really easy to understand and well presented! One question please: with zoom lenses that have the focal distances marked sporadically on the barrel, how are you calculating exactly what focal distance you are shooting at? My camera (5D MkIII) doesn’t show me what the focal length of the shot was, when I review it. I need to wait until I get the image into Lightroom to find that out. Thanks!

[@prashantpawar8969]

excellent lucid presentation

[@vsk0709]

The best educative ( is that even a word or did I just make one?) and easy to understand vdo on hyperfocal focussing. Thanks a ton!!

[@forestchaput]

Wow, thank you!

[@jeffallinson8089]

Good explanation, thanks for a great upload.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jeffallinson8089]

@@forestchaput Yes, very much so.

[@Stone1108]

Yep, the best explanation combining workflow. Thanks, this level earns the subs and likes which are so important to YT channels, got mine now. Thanks again. 👏

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome!

[@moshesani]

One of the best explanations I've ever seen I wanted to ask. You've got aperture examples of 5.6, but in that aperture you won't have sharpness in the far distance

[@forestchaput]

Thank you! Actually in many cases you will have sharpness at f/5.6 in the far distance, that's what you can use hyperfocal focusing for!

[@pyercz5224]

your explanation is very understandable really good

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear that

[@melaniegalvin8690]

Some acknowledge the complexity of hyperfocal and then give some semi lucid explanation. This is a concept that requires illustration so thank you for taking the time to provide those pieces especially for those of us who are new to the concept.

[@forestchaput]

You're welcome!

[@JorgeBravoPratscher]

seriously, perhaps the best hyperfocal tutorial there is out there. I wonder why you haven got more likes..... is it the video length? Thanks so much for eveything you've explained and the different examples. Hola from Spain :)

[@forestchaput]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked our video!

[@LodiVet]

Great presentation thank you

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thegodfather4713]

Hi big bro. I want to ask you a few questions 1- Will we work with a single point of amnesty while focusing? Which af point do we use? Is it the center at the center or the lowest or highest point? 2- Can we get the depth of field we want with hyper focal focus while taking 3 or 5 minutes long exposure photos with ND filter? Does our shutter speed affect how we work with depth of field?

[@danieleniccoli3871]

Fantastic vid. I always wondered even if you use the double distance method. How can you work out f-stop, now I know. One thing did spring to mind. I followed the process using the PhotoPills app. I got some very different results in your 2feet example - I guess the take away point is different charts could say different things. It might be worth adding a bit of leeway as a dead on 2feet, leaves very little error margin (according to photopills). great vid!

[@forestchaput]

Thanks! And yes, a bit of wiggle room is always good with this type of thing. A few inches can make a ton of difference.

[@martinmcglone8456]

very good

[@mt-nv4jd]

Excellent discussion, sir. You increased your aperture by 4 stops, and you increased your shutter speed by 4 stops, which resulted in the same exposure value. You did not gain 4 stops of light. IMO.

[@hoodio]

do you have to take the meassure from the plane of the front of the lens or in a straight line from the lens to the closest object?

[@shivhaaha]

The best! where can i find Hyperfocal Charts? thank you!

[@forestchaput]

Thanks! I would use this one: www.photopills.com/calculators/hyperfocal-table

[@Anna-gv7vo]

Suh a great vídeo, thank you! I have a question, if I may, hor do I focus if I have nothing relevant in the foreground? Do I point ti the horizon and shoot? How do I know if the whole photo is in focus? TIA

[@forestchaput]

If your entire image is far away, you can usually just use a middle aperture like f/5.6 or f/8 and be good to go!

[@MrMkariniot]

I think this way is better from looking on the lens . I am using an app

[@mortenthorpe]

The example with shutter speed, grass in the foreground, and potential breeze causing blur in the grass, highlights the main issue… it is not so much desirable to have everything in focus, the trick is to known when something needs to be in focus, or if it more a color-element in the scene, rather than a details-element… determining the role of the elements is far more important than achieving sharpness at all costs.

[@forestchaput]

True!

[@stuartayton8567]

Hi Rob. On the last example with the rocks at 1 ft away with the Fuji XT3 and using my Photopills app, It says that the Hyp dist at 10mm and f 5.6 is 3 ft.and not the 2 ft on your charts. If I use the full frame Nikon D810 at 10mm and f5.6 then the Hyp Dist is 2ft. Have you used the wrong chart for this last example or is Photopills wrong? Otherwise I thought it was a good example of what Hyp distance is all about and well explained.

[@peterwideman1425]

Great video but how would you work out where to focus on like in the canyon example? How do you work out where 8.9ft is off the edge of a cliff?

[@forestchaput]

You just need to get it close. Some photographers carry a tape measure or rangefinder, most just estimate.

[@peterwideman1425]

@@forestchaput so I understand that to an extent but you can't measure into dead ground as such because 8.9 ft off the edge of a cliff is actually more likely to be a few hundred feet away if that makes sense.

[@soak000]

This really good way, reverse way of explaining how you can go from distance to aperture instead of the other way around. Question - if your Fuji has 1.6 crop factor, won't the focal length be 16x1.6 = 25.6mm instead? I am curious because on my Canon 90D and 24mm ef-s lens, wouldn't my actual focal length be 32mm? Thanks.

[@forestchaput]

Yes, unless they app you use takes crop factor into effect automatically (many of them do).

[@soak000]

@@forestchaput Thanks. I am using PhotoPill, I will check to see if it does or not.

[@stephenvanwijk9669]

Good explanation. But I can’t find the sharpness function as shown. Where on that site.

[@forestchaput]

www.imaging-resource.com/lenses/reviews/

[@tjmanou6422]

Hi, Why not focus on infinity? Wouldn't that be more accurate so we are not gambling where exactly the hyper focal is? Thank you

[@forestchaput]

Because focusing on infinity would be wasting two thirds of your total depth of field range. Much better to at least get it close.

[@tjmanou6422]

@@forestchaput Thank you

[@momotow8286]

what to do if we dont have a variable aperture lens?

[@forestchaput]

The best you can do in that case is look up what aperture your lens is, then reference a hyper focal chart and be sure you are focusing to the best distance to maximize your DOF at that aperture.

[@thosearepinklemons]

How do we find the sharpest aperture without using the website you mentioned? None of the RF lenses I own for my Canon have been tested on that site.

[@forestchaput]

There aren’t many resources other than that one unfortunately. 😞 You could try shooting a test yourself at all of your different apertures though?

[@thosearepinklemons]

@@forestchaput thanks. I'll try it out

[@oyedejifiyin5243]

HYPERFOCAL DISTANCE MADE SIMPLE ! IT DOESEN'T GET SIMPLER. THANKS

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@billmeador215]

Good information, but I went to the www.imaging-resouorce.com link you referenced and I cannot find anyplace where they give charts on the aperture performance of any lenses.......are you sure this is the right sight?

[@forestchaput]

Yep! That’s the right website. Not every lens has that test done to it though.

[@billmeador215]

You are correct, sorry for my confusion........I was trying to find using iPhone and never had good navigation. Got on the laptop and did find the lenses as well as some that had charts. Envy your location, we love the Rockies and Yellowstone/Tetons area. Had planned an early fall visit to the park until this disease came along, with out age think we will have to wait for a vaccine before any long trips again (live in Texas). Will be subscribing to your channel and looking forward to more good videos!!

[@MrDaveB123]

And then the lord above created PHOTO PILLS Thank the lord lol

[@Paul_i_is]

I can’t find any sharpness. Chart for my rf lenses just a load of adverts

[@johndwilliams]

Disappointed you didn't mention diffraction at higher f stops. Gets pretty bad at f16 on my Fuji, never mind f22! I generally don't go any higher than f11 and still get excellent DOF. Using a cropped sensor makes a difference. I now use an app than takes diffraction into consideration when choosing the aparture. Has made a massive difference and stopped me from going back to a FF Sony!

[@forestchaput]

Good point! Although if you use HFF correctly, you will rarely need anything more than f/8.

[@johndwilliams]

@@forestchaput I've been trying to train myself to use HFF. Think its called slow photography these days! I'm amazed at how many landscape shots I'm taking at f5.6 and getting great sharpness as well as a much faster shutter speed without increasing ISO.

[@Provolt]

Isn't it easier just to focus stack? Looks like alot of work for one image

[@forestchaput]

In some cases yes! Although once you get used to Hyperfocal the total time to calculate everything is about 10 seconds which is quite a bit faster that capturing and editing a focus stacked image.

[@nonoi9987]

on this magic web site most lens is not yet tested

[@forestchaput]

I know! It's a bummer, but they are constantly testing more lenses.

[@Hoppy100]

Probably the most complicated explanation ive ever seen! 🤣

[@forestchaput]

Yes, but thorough!

[@ErwinSerle]

It is acceptable UN-sharpness in fact

[@BudBetz]

Excellent presentation!!!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you kindly!