Hyperfocal Focusing: Do's and don'ts?

[bmattock]

Do I correctly understand that when someone shooting landscapes with a 4x5" camera wants ultimate sharpness, which most do, and plans to make big elargements he should not use hyperfocal focusing but focus strictly at infinity, unless absolutely necessary?

I don't know, but this article appears to agree with your assessment:

http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/DOFR.html

 

[marduk]

I don't know, but this article appears to agree with your assessment:

http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/DOFR.html

Another good article on this topic is http://www.englander-workshops.com/documents/depth.pdf

 

[ampguy]

the simplest thing to do is just keep the lens a tad bit off infinity, and don't shoot too close. Can it get any simpler?