Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1917 — Height of a Camera. [ARTICLE]

Height of a Camera.

A safe rule in most cases, Is to have the camera at such a height that the lens is about level with the eyes of a person of average height, standing. This Implies that most tripod stands, all ultra portable ones, are too short in the leg, f as even those - which allow the camera to be at this height only do so when the feet are so near togethier that The stand is unstable. With lenses of short focus It is usually advantageous, especially in interior work, to have the camera lower, while with very long focus lenses it maybe higher to avoid a, foreshortening of the ground. In the case of domestic interiors, it is important to have the lens well above the level of a table top, as the effect of the furniture seen from a lower viewpoint will be unsatisfactory.