Why is it often recommended to set (and forget) manual lenses to infinity and a higher f stop?
Why is it often recommended to set (and forget) manual lenses to infinity and a higher f stop? When watching reviews on manual lenses I sometimes hear people just setting the focus to infinity and the aperture to something fixed like 6 or 8+ with the reasoning that most things you shoot will be in focus. I've now read up on hyperfocal distance and understand the relationship between focal length, aperture and depth of field. So based on t...