A full picture in focus from front to back !!

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Guys i feel a bit silly asking this but on a recent trip to new york i was struggling to get a photo of my wife standing with the full sky line in focus and i am wondering if there is a way to do this? I tried all the f-stops and it really made not much difference. The camera focussed on kerry and through the buildings out of focus. Is there a switch on the lenses that allows total focus right through the image. I was using a 70-200f4L by the way.
 
Hyperfocal distance focus setting is the answer, by selecting a focus point and f/number that gives the maximum possible sharpness from infinity to close range. See that DoFmaster link above.

You might struggle with a 70-200mm lens though, unless it's at the short end and f/22. For example, if you set 100mm at f/16, hyperfocal distance is 33m which will deliver everything sharp from 16.5m to infinity. Switching to a 35mm lens, f/16 will get everything sharp from 2m to infinity, when focused on 4m. You get the idea :)
 
Yep...not with that lens, I'm afraid...not even stopped right down to f/22...
You'll need a wider lens as suggested...
 
Thanks guys i'll check out the link but i'm glad the lens was part of the problem and not just me.
 
1 option would of been to take a photo of the wife in focus, and then a second photo of the skyline and then cut her out and paste her in :)

Doesn't help with the original question but there is always more than one way to get the finished result :p
 
Ballyman said:
The lens didn't put itself onto the camera!! ;)
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This section is aimed at those new to photography. Comments like this aren't very helpful are they !!

The OP is asking for help after all !
 
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