Well I'm moving along, having ordered a camera, a tripod, and narrowing down my choices on a lens (probably 150 mm), just to get things started. I'll...
Expanding a little on Oren's post: As you focus closer, your lens moves further away from your film. The cone of light coming from your lens towards...
Would it help with coverage in your example if one focuses a little closer in and used DoF to pull the background into focus? May not be significant....
There doesn't appear to be a hard line. The "middle" focal lengths have shown up with both Seiko and Copal shutters -- probably a gradual shift over...