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Originally Posted by silent1
I find this interesting as well!
Can you elaborate on the "riding the focus" subject?
I often find myself chasing the perfect focus but I realize that I could be much faster by relying on depth of field "compensation".
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That's exactly what's meant.. it's often called scale focusing. Focus by setting a fixed distance on the lens scale, go nearer/further from the subject until you're in the ballpark range and let DOF cover any focusing errors.
You'll find it speeds up working a lot, and you'll have all of your concentration available for composition and timing..
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Originally Posted by silent1
How does a non-perfect aligment of the RF patch "translate" in terms of DOF for a - say - medium aperture, such as f4 or f5.6 and close subjects like 2-3 meters away?
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Although it is possible to learn this by pre-focusing and seeing what the RF patch does when you go closer to or further away from a subject, it detracts again from composing and timing.. You'll just have to build the confidence that your distance guess is good enough..
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