dmacmillan wrote: 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.
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 listed to a fire/police scanner so he could be present when suspects were arrested, etc.
Apr 20, 2012 at 04:32 PM
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