Excellent explanation Bob. However with the Speed graphic it
was f16 @ 1/100 sec, #5 flashbulb and be there. Usually with
the focus locked on 10 ft giving a 5 to 20 foot in focus and
plus/minus one stop exposure. That did for 80-90% of the
shots. Soup two minutes in Dekol, squeegee and pop into the
enlarger. And since it is one sheet of film at a time you
didn't have to wait until you finished the roll.
Trivially yours, --Tom
Bob Walkden wrote:
> Many landscape photographers use this technique to maximise the depth
> of field in their photographs. It doesn't make it a 'rule' for taking
> landscapes. It's a technique that is also used a lot by street
> photographers of the Henri Cartier-Bresson type. He almost invariably
> set his 50mm lens to f/11, and prefocused on 5 metres. It has also
> given rise to one of the cliches of photography from the days of the
> Speed Graphic press camera - 'f/8 and be there'. Press photographers
> set their apertures to f/8 to get a good compromise between a
> handholdable shutter speed and enough depth of field to make focusing
> less critical.
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