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Calculating aperture for desired DOF (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by CatalystReality@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I'm an intermediate photographer who just started getting into sports photography. My 70-200 f2.8 takes fantastic shots, but I'm running into a problem where my DOF is too small, and the subjects are often slightly outside the optimal focal range. I'd like a solution to calculate the focal range beforehand so I don't have to guess the best aperture. Keeping the aperture open is preferred because of the less-than-perfect lighting, but obviously not at the cost of sharpness. Anyone have any tricks or solutions for this?

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[–] Sweathog1016@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Digital DOF is a free app, depth of field calculator.

[–] bluboxsw@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

If your camera supports it, use edge focusing rather than calculating distance.