Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/30

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: in and out of focus
From: "Leon E. Zimlich" <lzimlich@mail.rain.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 14:21:58 +0000
Comments: Authenticated sender is <lzimlich@mail.rain.org>
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When Harry Callahan was making his frame filling portraits of women 
on the streets of Chicago c1950 he faced a similar, though perhaps 
more predictable situation.  The problem was to focus on the faces 
of pedestrians moving about the street, using a 90mm lens on a 
Contax.

His solution was to prefocus the lens, so that a face would be in 
focus (or approximately so) when it filled the frame.

Good luck solving your particular problem.

Leon Zimlich
lzimlich@rain.org
Leon Zimlich
UC, Santa Barbara
lzimlich@rain.org