Photography question

[glorybound]

When taking a photo of a room, what do you focus on if there isn't a focal point? Do you focus on the furthest wall? Do you focus on something in the middle of the room? Do you simply always have a focal point?

[Buck]

If your intent is to get as much in focus as possible, you can use the "hyper focal" chart on the lens. There's also calculators online, it depends on the size of your sensor, lens and aperture sizes, and also the size of your output print.

Essentially, you want to focus roughly in the middle of the area you want in focus.

[glorybound]

Okay, the second part of your answer helps. Thank you!

[Buck]

to be a bit more accurate, if you don't have a focus chart or calculator, if you focus 1/3 the way into the room that you want to be in focus, you'll get the maximum focus. If you simply focus on the farthest wall, the majority of the area that will be in focus is actually behind the wall. Sometimes older school techniques are worth keeping up with, rather than just relying on auto-focus to focus on what's in the center of the lens

Identify the closest foreground object you want in focus, and the farthest background object you want in focus. Set your focus point 1/3 the distance from your foreground to the background. If your aperture is small enough, you'll get both in focus.

The closer to the camera you focus, the less distance you'll have acceptably sharp. That's why macro close up photos always have thin focus area, because you're focusing very close to the cameras position.

this might make sense:

[^Lele^]

thank goodness -well, Daniel!- for common sense.

[glorybound]

thank goodness -well, Daniel!- for common sense.

What? Are you insulting me for asking a question?

[^Lele^]

What? Are you insulting me for asking a question?

How do you construe an insult to you when i compliment someone else for a post well done?
The reference to common sense was harking back to his mention of "older school techniques".