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...
I plan to rest the lenses flat on a surface plate, the bottom of one lens is concave, so it will sit flat on its perimeter. Then I will position them...
Like those view camera ads which show the standards and bellows contorted to the extremes, in a manner nobody really uses. But studio technique is a...
Bingo. Barnbaum also placed the shadow values bellybutton high, but then would resort if necessary to drastic compression or minus development. That...