Thread 4456299

>Learn how to zone focus because I take like 30 seconds to take just one pic (to figure out the right exposure and the right focus)
>Having a hard time trying to implement zone focusing on myself because I don't know how long is 3 meters actually is

"ahh, that has got to be 4 meters"
*check out the measure with my phone
*nope it's actually 6 meters"

"Mmmm I guess this one is definitely 7 meters"
*nope it's actually 5"
Am I seriously the only retard here or is this common?

You're supposed to shoot at f/8 or greater, so the in-focus range is reasonable

>>4456299 (OP)
Bro your camera probably has a built in rangefinder on it. Set your lens to X feet, point it at a thing roughly X feet away and then hold it up to your eye and walk forwards/backwards until your split prism gets in focus. Done!

Other guy is right. If you're shooting 35mm film start of with 35mm or shorter and f8-f16. Use the focal plane scale on your lens as well.

>>4456299 (OP)
As a Nikonos user, I thought my first roll would be totally out of focus, but it was actually ok. The DOF scale on the lenses work fairly well. My bigger problem is that I'm used to SLRs and sometimes ill put the finder up to my face and take a photo because I think it's in focus but then I realise I'm not looking TTL.