Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >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."
Yep. That's more like it. >On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Mark Roberts ><postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >>>On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Mark Roberts >>><postmas...@robertstech.com> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
