Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isn't there actually a person on movies sets whose job it is to focus the lens to the preset marks during filming? And I mean in addition to the cameraman, who is too busy watching the scene itself? dan c. At 06:19 PM 27-02-01 -0000, Doug Richardson wrote: >Recently there was some discussion on the LUG concerning the focussing >techniques used with cine cameras, and the fact that lenses were >scale-focussed to pre-measured distances. > >If any LUG members are involved in the cinema industry, could they >tell me: > >If the lenses are manually focussed to preset distances, does that >mean that the focussing is engraved to be read by someone standing in >front of the lens, rather than by someone standing behind the camera - >i.e the distance values are engraved 'upside-down' compared with those >on a 35mm still camera lens? > >Do cine lenses have depth-of-field markings similar to those on >still-camera lenses? > >The reason for these questions is that I have an old lens can be >screwed into a Leica, but which has no DOF markings, and has a >focussing scale engraved to be read from the front. > >Given these odd features, I'm wondering if it may have been a cine >lens which has been adapted for use on the Leica. > >Regards, > >Doug Richardson > > > >