Frame Sizes With Fixed Focal Length Lenses…

Frame Sizes With Fixed Focal Length Lenses…

In the days before Zoom lenses, cameras had rotatable turrets which usually held four fixed length lenses. Here is a scene that shows the difference between the frame sizes each lens gave.

In those early days, cameraman and technical directors would go over the lenses needed for a production on each camera. Part of the set up process was manually adjusting the F stops on each lens. Enjoy and share! – Bobby Ellerbee

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  1. Dave Dillman September 4, 2014

    Directors used plexiglass triangles (Bretz triangles) on a floor plan to decide on camera position and lens selection. I even had a Bretz box, which was a primative director’s finder with holes cut on the four sides to simulate the field of view of standard lenses (1,2,3,8.5in)