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p.2 #1f/8 and be there - interesting read !!!
Interesting. Kind of. 
Nothing really new, but I'm not sure who the target audience is.
Kurtis mentioned shooting at much larger apertures. I think most do this (I do it waaay too much). For those who haven't seen it, this is an awesome wedding shot entirely with a 28mm and at f/11. Done as a personal challenge to the photographer: Achh I can't find the link... I'll update as soon as I can
I'd love to do this (though probably at an engagement or family session) one day...
Nothing really new, but I'm not sure who the target audience is.
Kurtis mentioned shooting at much larger apertures. I think most do this (I do it waaay too much). For those who haven't seen it, this is an awesome wedding shot entirely with a 28mm and at f/11. Done as a personal challenge to the photographer: Achh I can't find the link... I'll update as soon as I can
I'd love to do this (though probably at an engagement or family session) one day...
Apr 20, 2012 at 12:40 PM
p.2 #2f/8 and be there - interesting read !!!
dmacmillan wrote:
Weegee shot with a 4x5 Speed Graphic. All the f8 talk in the article is baloney, someone who loves the sound of their own voice.
I've always interpreted the "f8" part of the response to mean "keep it simple" from a technical standpoint. Anyone who has shot at night with a Speed Graphic and #2 flash bulbs has a better understanding of what he meant. I bet he shot Super XX.
Exactly. And "be there" didn't mean "shoot something very interesting". It meant be there!.
He listened to a fire/police scanner so he could be present when suspects were arrested, etc.
Edited on Apr 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM · View previous versions
Mike Tuomey wrote
weegee didn't shoot small format, so f/8 meant something quite different in terms of dof. i believe he set his press camera at 10 feet and became very good at estimating subject distance, like a focus puller would.I've always interpreted the "f8" part of the response to mean "keep it simple" from a technical standpoint. Anyone who has shot at night with a Speed Graphic and #2 flash bulbs has a better understanding of what he meant. I bet he shot Super XX.
Exactly. And "be there" didn't mean "shoot something very interesting". It meant be there!.
He listened to a fire/police scanner so he could be present when suspects were arrested, etc.
Edited on Apr 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM · View previous versions
Apr 20, 2012 at 03:32 PM
p.2 #3f/8 and be there - interesting read !!!
Fwiw, I spent a decent amount of time yesterday around f/8, zone focusing my new Zeiss 21mm (at f/8, pretty much everything from 5ft to infinity is in focus)... I is definitely nice to remove extraneous technical details from one's mind while shooting sometimes.
Apr 22, 2012 at 08:14 AM
p.2 #4f/8 and be there - interesting read !!!
Evan Baines wrote:
Fwiw, I spent a decent amount of time yesterday around f/8, zone focusing my new Zeiss 21mm (at f/8, pretty much everything from 5ft to infinity is in focus)... I is definitely nice to remove extraneous technical details from one's mind while shooting sometimes.
My first "real" digital camera (circa 2001 or 2) was a Minolta D7i. It wasn't a point and shoot, but the lens was right on the sensor like one, and DOF was almost infinite no matter what aperture it was used at. Because there was basically no way to control DOF with it, I was always forced to use composition to make the image strong. With fast lenses, it's easy to fall into the habit of shooting everything at f2 and just erasing the background. With a camera like that it's not even an option. I tended to use geometry a *lot* more. Using a setup that's limited like that once in a while can actually be really liberating. With the high ISO ability of todays cameras, it's probably technically feasible to run around all day at f8-16 and do the same thing with an SLR...
Fwiw, I spent a decent amount of time yesterday around f/8, zone focusing my new Zeiss 21mm (at f/8, pretty much everything from 5ft to infinity is in focus)... I is definitely nice to remove extraneous technical details from one's mind while shooting sometimes.
My first "real" digital camera (circa 2001 or 2) was a Minolta D7i. It wasn't a point and shoot, but the lens was right on the sensor like one, and DOF was almost infinite no matter what aperture it was used at. Because there was basically no way to control DOF with it, I was always forced to use composition to make the image strong. With fast lenses, it's easy to fall into the habit of shooting everything at f2 and just erasing the background. With a camera like that it's not even an option. I tended to use geometry a *lot* more. Using a setup that's limited like that once in a while can actually be really liberating. With the high ISO ability of todays cameras, it's probably technically feasible to run around all day at f8-16 and do the same thing with an SLR...
Apr 22, 2012 at 09:56 AM