Kodak vest pocket B - Understanding Exposure Concepts; Focusing the Kodak Camera

be
taken
not
to
jat
the camera.
By
following
this
rule, unpleasant
and
dis-
torting
shadows
on the
face will be
avoided.
Special
instructions
for
making
por-
traits
indoors, are
given
on
page
31.
To Focus the
Kodak
Draw
out
the
lens
standard
by the
knurled
finger
grips,
below
the shutter,
as
in Fig.
II. It
must
be
drawn out
until
the
focusing catch
"clicks"
into
the
notch
of the
raised spring on the
camera
bed.
Frc. II.
Dratting
out
the
Lens
Standard.
The Kodak is
now in focus for
jects
about
six
feet
and beyond.
What
Depth
of
Focus
Means
When
the lens is
used
with its
larsest
opening,
No. 1,
an object
7rh feet
-dis-
tant
will be
sharp,
objects
about
O
feet
distant,
ryhile
not
as
sharp,
will
be sharp
enough
for
ordinary
purposes.
Turir
the
diaphragm
dial
to
No. 2
and
ob-
jects
nearer
to the
Kodak
will increase
in
sharpness.
Go
farther
and
use
stop
No. 4
and
everything
about 4
feet
and
beyond,
will be
sharp.
It
will
thus
be
seen
that
the smaller
the
stop
opening
the
greater
the
depth
of focus,
that is',
the
greater
the
power
of
the
lens
to
de-
fine
-sharply
nearby
and
distant
objects
at
the
same
time.
It
is
obvious
ihat
with
the
small
stops
the
exposure
must
be
correspondingly
increased.
Depth
of Focus
_ -Stop
or
Range
of
Diaphragm
Sharpness
No.
I
. 7% feet
to Infinity
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The
table
-above
gives
the range
of
sfarp.
definition
or
depth
of focus-,
for
the
different
stop
openings
of
the
Vest
Pocket
Kodak,
Nlollel
B.
T4
sub-
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