According to Wikipedia, "Most of his notable photographs were taken with very basic press photographer equipment and methods of the era, a 4x5 Speed Graphic camera preset at f/16 at 1/200 of a second, with flashbulbs and a set focus distance of ten feet."
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >>On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Mark Roberts >><[email protected]> wrote: >>> "f/8 and be there." >> >>I have usually seen it attributed to WeeGee, which of course would be >>logical, given the type of photography he did. That of course >>probably means it is inaccurate. <G> > > f/8 sounds a little inadequate for depth of field on a 4x5 camera, > what is what Weegee shot. I'm thinking it was more likely someone who > used 35mm. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
