CHAPTERS:
- Intro: 00:00
- What lenses will it work with: 00:11
- The difference between a viewfinder & rangefinder: 1:32
- How to read and use the Depth of Field scale: 4:24
- How it works on a Mamiya C220: 8:14
- How it works on a Mamiya RZ67: 10:18
- How it works on a 6x17 panoramic camera: 11:58
- Hyperfocal distance explained: 12:59
- When the infinity mark is wide: 16:25
- Final disclaimer: 17:36

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VIDEO DESCRIPTION:
Some camera lenses have a handy little feature built in to them called a “depth of field scale”. You’ll find it often on older manual-focus film camera lenses and sometimes on modern auto-focus lenses designed for those digital doohickey’s everyone’s raving about.

If your lens has it, congratulations, my friend. Because whether it’s an SLR, TLR, rangefinder, or mirrorless camera, you’ll be able to use that scale to gain extra insight into the ideal place to focus and what aperture to use to achieve your desired depth of field. It’s simple to use, easy to understand, and an absolute thrill to apply out in the field (THRILLING, I tell you).

In this video I’ll show you techniques for making use of the depth of field scale on cameras that allow you to visually determine where the lens is focused (like on an SLR, TLR, or rangefinder camera) AND on cameras where you can’t visually determine focus, like on an external viewfinder style 6x17 camera. Can you say “Fuji GX617”, anyone? Can you also say, “damn I want that camera”? And “holy sh*t it costs that much?”

We’ll also look at what the hell hyperfocal distance is and how to dial it in on just about any camera.

Huh… Normally my video descriptions deteriorate into a jumbled mess of unrelated thoughts by the end of it. I kept it together pretty well this time.

Thanks for watching!

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