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Reflections 23rd March

Reflections 23rd March

Something about Depth of Field

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Richard Merrick
Mar 23, 2025
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I learned my photography in the old-fashioned way in the 1960s, taught by an Italian, Antonio Jaconelli, an amateur who could have made a living from it. He trusted me with a Hasselblad 500c that cost around what my father would earn in six months. Things we no longer have to pay attention to mattered - film speed, aperture, shutter speed, and focal length were all deliberate decisions that determined the quality of the generated image. There was no automation and even minor errors cost expensive film, so paying attention to detail mattered.

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