I'm going to build my own large format camera with a fixed focus, but what I want to do is calculate how long I should make it based on a couple of things.
I want to shoot portraits from the waist up or a touch closer.
4x5 format.
So I'm wondering if I should build it to a normal focal lenghth of about 150mm, get a 150mm lens, and then experiment with distance to see where the focus falls. I suppose there is a more scientific way of doing this, but I'm not sure what calculations I would make.
And if I stopped down to 22 I suspect that I could get everything in focus anyway as long as I wasn't right up on the subject.
Anyone with insights on these calculations, please do pass it along, and thanks!
Scott
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