When you focus at infinity, everything is not
necessarily in focus. If you shot at say f1.4 (extreme
example I know) on a tree 500m away, the tree that is
5m away is going to be out of focus. The DOF rules
still apply I believe.
I tend to use f16 or smaller for my landscapes. I like
a bit of DOF.
Jody.
> She claimed that his number one tip was to shoot
> EVERYTHING in landscape
> photography at f22 to ensure maximum depth of field.
> Ok, so here is my
> question, (and please forgive me if I am wwaaaaay
> off track here), but when
> you are shooting, say a lake, or a beach scene at
> 6.30 at night and you need
> more light, doesn't it make sense to shoot as wide
> open as possible? The
> lady I spoke to argued the point of depth of field
> with me, but unless I am
> reeeeally mistaken, I thought that the theory behind
> a lens which focuses at
> "infinity" meant that after your subject is a
> certain distance away from the
> lens (eg. 8 metres on my Vivitar 28/2) the focusing
> switches to infinity
> which basically means that everything is in focus
> anyways? I mean, if that
> is not the case, than what is the use of having a
> "fast lens" when only a
> miniscule amount of your shot will be in focus?
> fairy.
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