Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard Cousineau jotted down the following: > In a nutshell, yes. Focus is measured using tape whenever possible. Film > lenses are (or should be) calibrated for focus every time they go out on > a shoot. The focus puller marks each focussing point in a scene and > makes the transitions as the camera is running. The marks on the floor > are meant to guide the actors, and to help the puller determine how far > off they are from the measured distance. Amazing. How come they still stick to such, at least to the uninitiated, an antiquated and cumbersome technique? M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | It is essentially contestable. email: howard.390@osu.edu | www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------