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Samsung NX 30 mm f/2 or Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8?

Started Mar 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
TillmanB
TillmanB Contributing Member • Posts: 501
Re: Samsung NX 30 mm f/2 or Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8?

arvidb wrote:

Is this what is called zone focusing?

I'm not sure I'm into flash photography (except fill flash), especially if it entails setting up the flashes beforehand. But still interesting to hear about the techniques available. Maybe I just haven't learned how to get good photos using flash yet!

Zone focusing is when you close the aperture of the lens down (usually f8 since it's a good middle ground between depth of field and light admission) to create a deeper depth of field and set the focus of the lens so that anything within a certain range (or zone) will be likely to be in focus, eliminating the need for critical focusing.

Your manual lens will have a focusing scale on it with aperture notations to the left and to the right of the focus mark.  These are indicating to you what distance range will be in focus given a certain aperture, the smaller the aperture (larger number) the more comes into focus over a greater distance.

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