How To Hold Your Camera; Depth Of Field - Yashica 635 User Manual

HOW TO HOLD YOUR
CAMERA
1. Normally, hold your camera
at chest-level, with your elbows
pressed against your body to
provide extra-steady support,
and press the Shutter Release
Button gently.

DEPTH OF FIELD

The depth of field is the area in front and
behind the subject on which the subject is
focused, within which all objects will also
appear acceptably sharp in the picture. It
varies with the aperture and is more
extensive (a) when the lens is stopped down,
(b) when the camera is focused on a distant
subject, and (c) in the background rather than
the foreground.
The depth of field can be determined by
referring to the depth-of-field scale around
the Focusing Knob. With the camera focused
on a subject at 10 meters and an aperture of
f/16, the depth-of-field will be from about 5
meters to infinity or, in other words, the
range enclosed by the number 16 on both
sides of the distance index mark (3.5).
2. Hold your camera overhead,
and focus and compose as
illustrated, when shooting over
fences and other obstacles.
4. Your knee will provide
steady support when shooting
low subjects.
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3. For low angle shots, place
your camera on the ground.
5. Use the sports-finder for
shooting at eye-level or
photographing moving subjects.