DOFMaster has an excellent tutorial with helpful illustrations. You may learn that your lens already has the markings you need to calculate the hyperfocal distance.

Tips for sharper landscapes using hyperfocal distance Now that you've got to grips with calculating hyperfocal distance, here are a few tips to help you use the technique efficiently.

Of course, hyperfocal photography is really practical only on cameras that let you both control the aperture and manually set focusing distance, so digital SLRs and advanced compact cameras will ...

The point of using hyperfocal distance focusing is to focus at the point at which the depth of field stretches to 'infinity' so that the maximum possible amount of the scene appears sharp.