Darryl Roberts
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What is string focusing?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Alright, thank you.It means using string or alike to meter the focusing distance for close ups. With end of the string attached to the camera, the other hold by hand.
Some cameras got a lane to attach the camera to a belt wich had a length that matched a certain focus setting, or had marks on it for several focusing settings.
You can make such yourself. For instance for 50cm (just short enough to extend by hand) and apt for a close-up lens of 2Diopters.
(With close-up lenses, keep in mind that the focusing distance based on the Diopter of such lens is metered from the subject to the close-up lens! Not to the film plane. With the camera lens set at infinity.)
Remote area, it was the 3rd largest city in Canada. They were just cheapYear Book companies sending out DIY sets so to say, instead of a photographer (operator) with an outfit. Weird.
Though likely makes senses at remote areas.
It's as detailed as ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOCUS
And just looking, wikipedia has no listing at all for 'string focusing'...Welcome to Apug!
By the way, your link by no means is related to this thread...
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