Hi everyone,

I have recently starting doing a lot of work of interiors (architectural) on MF, but am considering changing to 4x5 for more movements.

However, a lot of the time, the spaces are pretty tight with walls on both sides as well as rooms in the distance, requiring lots of DoF.
On my MF cameras (mainly Hasselblad) I will simply focus on the near and far while checking the distances on the scales on my lens, then stop down to the appropriate aperture.
On and LF lens, this is of course not possible.

My question is: what is the best way to secure that I have the DoF I need, without stopping all the way down on every shot?

I can use a DoF calculator, but how do I decide which part of the scene to set my focus? Just put it in the middle I guess?

Maybe there is a much smarter way to do this, that I haven't thought of?

I can of course stop down as far as possible, I am not super worried about diffraction, but I am a bit worried about exposure time, as I am shooting color negative and would like to keep the shutter faster than 1 sec if possible.

Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!