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GEN E
RAL
STEPS OF PICTU RE-T AKI NG
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Continued
Holding the camera
Steady
camera
holding
is important since even the
slightest camera shake at the
moment
of exposure
can
result
in an appreciable
loss
of sharpness, es-
pecially
at slow shutter
speeds.
Wrap the fingers
of the
righ-t hand
around the camera
body
so that
the index finger rests comfortably on the shutter-
release
button
and the thumb fits between the
body
and film-advance
lever,
and
press
the camera
against
your
forehead.
This way when winding the
film
manually you
can stroke the film-advance
lever without removing your
eye from
the view-
finder.
Cradle
the
camera in the left hand
for
addi-
tional
support, with
the
left
thumb and
index
finger
grasping
the focusing
ring. The camera may
be
switched
from the horizontal to
the vertical
format in this position.
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Focusing
Focusing
is
always
done
at full aperture
with
Nikkor lenses (auto).
This
gives the brightest
possible
image on the focusing screen and also
minimizes
the
depth
of field so that the image
snaps
in
or out of focus
distinctly
.
The
,
Nikomat
ELW's focusing screen consists of a
matte
Fresnel
field with a central 3mm¢ split-image range-finder
spot surrounded by a
doughnut-shaped
1
mm-wide
microprism. It makes
for fast, accurate focusing.
Look
through the viewfinder and turn the focusing
ring
until
the
two halves
of the central
rangefinder
image coincide to
form a single, sharp
image-
or
until
the
image
in the
microprism
appears sharp
and crisp.
The
focusing screen is suitable for
subjects with straight outlines or ill-defined con-
tours. In close-up photography,
the rangefinder
spot is
likely
to
darken. This is
also true when
you're using a
lens
with a
maximum
aperture
sma ller than f/4.5.
You
should then
focus
on the
surrounding
matte
field.
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