Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Depth of field... (more than you wanted to know)
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:08:56 -0700
 
Paul Chefurka wrote:
><Snip> 
> So, my question is:  What is the scientific justification for this "rule of
> thirds"?  Empirically it doesn't seem to exist.

There is a nice list of basic photography rules which are all wrong. Misrules!?
Another one is "expose" for the shadows and develop for the highlights"- almost
never the case.
Mark Rabiner