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09. What is hyperfocal distance?

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This article is from the Photographic Lenses FAQ, by David Jacobson with numerous contributions by others.

09. What is hyperfocal distance?

The closest distance that is in acceptable focus when the lens is focused at infinity. (See below for a variant use of this term.)

        h = f^2/(N*c)

 

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