Details of old wooden door, Trier
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta III (531/16)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400, rated @ ISO 800
Exposure: 1/125 sec and f/5.6, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by Foto Brell, Bonn
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
To avoid blurring due to camera shake and to achieve consistent sharpness in the depth of the room, medium format cameras are usually used with a tripod. At shorter distances to the subject, the background often remains slightly out of focus even when stopped down significantly, which can look unwanted and therefore incorrect – in contrast to clear blur. To avoid this impression and especially to use the blur as a creative tool, I like to take photos with the aperture open or only slightly stopped down. Then the blurriness looks intentional and is clearly noticeable even at a short viewing distance or with a small image format. A welcome side effect is the more flexible way of working without a tripod, for which the compact and lightweight folding cameras in particular were developed.
Details of old wooden door, Trier
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta III (531/16)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400, rated @ ISO 800
Exposure: 1/125 sec and f/5.6, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by Foto Brell, Bonn
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
To avoid blurring due to camera shake and to achieve consistent sharpness in the depth of the room, medium format cameras are usually used with a tripod. At shorter distances to the subject, the background often remains slightly out of focus even when stopped down significantly, which can look unwanted and therefore incorrect – in contrast to clear blur. To avoid this impression and especially to use the blur as a creative tool, I like to take photos with the aperture open or only slightly stopped down. Then the blurriness looks intentional and is clearly noticeable even at a short viewing distance or with a small image format. A welcome side effect is the more flexible way of working without a tripod, for which the compact and lightweight folding cameras in particular were developed.