In article <tor2045bpv8sjs3fg1nfaq59s4f1q83qom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, tony cooper
tony_cooper213@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:50:40 +0100, Rob Morley <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <12132-48014506-12348@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >skippy-007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> >> Camera plane.....The camera plane is a horizontal line that runs
> >> directly across the camera position as it relates to the positon of
the
> >> subject. The subject is at the center of a circle and the camera is
at
> >> the outside edge of the circle so we are able to move lights around
an
> >> invisible circle at different degrees
> >>
> >> I am having a hard time grasping this..
> >>
> >Possibly because it's bollocks. For a start, a plane is a plane, not a
> >line.
>
> Of course it is a line. The line is indicated by the focal plane
> mark on the top of most slrs.
Its position may be indicated by a line, but a plane is not a line.
> The mark is a circle with line through
> it, and you mentally extend that line. That plane is perpendicular to
> the axis of the lens. The primary use of the focal plane mark for
> most photographers is to measure the distance between the subject and
> the focal point. On my Nikon, that would be a measurement of the
> distance between the subject and the lens mounting flange plus 46.5mm.
> That's useful to know in, say, macro photography.
>
Indeed, but that's not what the OP posted. As I said, with more context
the intention of the writer may become clear, but as it stands it's
little more than gobbledegook.
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