re: #17 otoc

lol, I don’t know if that’s quick shooting.

If I want quick shooting of street scenes (ala Cartier-Bresson), I lock the aperture at what ever yields the best shutter speed for the focal length of the lens, normally 1/(whatever the length) since it’s handheld. Set infinity at the depth of field scale for the f stop used. Adequate focus is what the range depicts. No math or focus required. It’s all about the image then, the test is whether or not the viewfinder is needed. ;)

Yup, that’s how we put in the hyperfocal distance, if the lens had a DoF scale. Don’t think any view cameras I’ve used could do that, linking the lens to the bellows bed. Maybe a Linhof or something, not a Deardorff.