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HOW THE SPLIT CIRCLE
HELPS YOU FOCUS
The split circle is most helpful
in dim light and for flash pictures.
Look through the viewfinder and
place the split circle over a
verti-
cal line on your subject. It could
be a necktie, a scarf, a lapel, a
piece of jewelry, the front seam
of a shirt or a dress or, as
shown,
the line between a light and dark
area.
Choose a line which is the
same distance from you as the
point you want sharpest in your
picture, not behind it or in front
of
it_
When the line is broken
ES;i ,
your
subject will be out-of-focus.
Rotate the focus wheel unWo· the
line becomes continuous
.
Now your subject will be in ocus.
The split circle helps you to
focus, not to frame or to view. It is
placed low in the viewfinder so it
will not interfere with viewing.
This means you may have to
reframe your picture after you
focus. When you reframe, do not
change your distance from the
subject; simply point the camera
slightly up,
down,
or to one side,
unti
l
you see in the viewfinder
exactly what you want in the
picture.
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DISTANCE SCALE
The distance scale around the lens can be used in two ways
..
After
focusing, you can compare the distance scale setting shown opposite the
line (A) with the actual camera-to-subject distance to be sure you have
focused accurately.
Or,
it can be used to set camera focus when the lighting is too dim to
accurately focus through the viewfinder. To do
this,
estimate the camera-
to-subject distance and then rotate the focus wheel until the distance
scale is set to that distance.
In the picture at right, the lens
is set to 5 feet.
SHARPNESS
-
FROM NEAR
TO FAR-IN SUNLIGHT
On bright, sunny
days,
if you focus the camera on an object about
15 feet away (or set the distance scale to the 15 foot
mark),
everything
from about 8 feet to the most distant scene will be sharp in the
finished
picture.
With the camera set this way, the image you see in the viewfinder will
not show the wide range of sharpness that the finished picture will have.
Do not attempt to use this technique on overcast days, in dim light
or with flash.
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