Length Lens And Greater: However, although a long focal length lens and greater lens is mandatory, it need not be expensive. The utmost of critical sharpness in a portrait lens is not necessary, or even desired, since considerable diffusion can be tolerated in portrait negatives. Your lens needn't be in a shutter for strictly studio portraits, either. A lens in barrel is perfectly satisfactory, since you can provide yourself with a simple Packard shutter to use behind the lens. Many portrait men actually prefer the Packard to the more costly between-the-lens shutters.
They are attached over the Camera lens to permit truly close-up pictures with ordinary hand cameras. The more diopters, the closer the working distance and the greater the magnification.
The Kodak Telek Lenses 1-, 2 - , 3 - , and 4 - are negative lenses of 1, 2, 3, and 4 diopters, whose purpose is to increase the effective focal length lens and greater of the Camera lens and give a telephoto effect.
View cameras are more satisfactory than the press type cameras for portraits and are much less expensive.
The most specialized bit of equipment of all for portrait photography is the long focal length lens and greater lens. It is imperative that you use a lens which will give a large image of the subject's face on the film without having the Camera closer to the subject than five or six feet. This means a focal length lens and greater of around ten inches for 4x5 film.
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