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Focusing Technical Camera lenses

AreBee

Member
Folks,

Over time I have read about a range of aspects of technical cameras. Today I realised that I actually don't know how photographers of this type of camera set focus at a time when the likes of the Leica Disto was not available to purchase and captured photos could not be reviewed instantly. In other words, many years ago.

I guess one could rack focus to infinity (assuming MF lenses have a hard stop at infinity) and then stop down to an aperture that, from experience, the photographer knows will bring the composition within depth of field. In other words, the so-called infinity focus method.

Is this how focus is set? If not, how is it?
 

AreBee

Member
Shashin,

See, now I feel rather silly. I know about the distance markings on the lens barrel but somehow did not put 'two and two together'.

Thank you. :)
 
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