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Subject: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic image ?
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:12:27 -0600
References: <C947F700.8BB3%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I have willed that part out of my mind.  I did make a spreadsheet with 
the formulas for front and back focus (Lotus 123 in those days instead 
of Excel).  Here are the calculations:
http://www.dofmaster.com/equations.html
I like autofocus better.

Ken

On 1/3/2011 8:58 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Which circle of confusion did you pick?
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>> From: leo wesson<leowesson at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:41:38 -0600
>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic
>> image ?
>>
>> Who?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Leo Wesson
>> 817.733.9157
>> www.leowesson.com
>>
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2011, at 19:30, Ken Carney<kcarney1 at cox.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> My first photo seminar was with a Famous West Coast Photographer.  His 
>>> advice
>>> was ditch the 35mm and get a real camera (I think I brought an M3 and a
>>> couple of Summicrons, or maybe a Contax to the class, but definitely 
>>> TriX).
>>> So I bought a nice 4x5 field outfit, a Linhof Technica and lenses, and 
>>> for
>>> good measure an 8x10 rig also.  The focus part was a little tedious.  
>>> Once
>>> you knew the distance to the target, you pulled out a little chart for 
>>> each
>>> lens that showed the range of focus for each stop, based on your desired
>>> circle of confusion.  Then you measured the various zones, which gave 
>>> you the
>>> key to the ISO for that shot and thus the development time for that
>>> particular sheet, based on your densitometer tests.  After, of course, 
>>> you
>>> had consulted your reciprocity failure chart.  Sometimes it happened 
>>> that by
>>> the time I made the exposure everything of interest, including the 
>>> light, had
>>> vanished.  Then the light bulb began to flicker on that something
>>> more...immediate...m
>>   ight be appropriate.  Then, Gracia Dios, along came digital and the 
>> exposure
>> comp dial.
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/3/2011 6:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>> I think its nice to get the thing in focus most the time.
>>>>
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>>>> Photography
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>>>> Cars:   http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb
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>>>>
>>>>
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