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Mark Lafleur Of Old Fast Glass Pt. 1: The Beauty of Vintage Glass

Cinematography Salon

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How to Deal With the Sweet Spot

Cinematographer: "Sweet spot" really comes down to the cinematographer and how much they do obsessed about those technical aspects. I would tend to stop most of that stuff down to a five, six and eight just to get rid of any aberrations just to keep contrastjust to make sure things are in focus. If you know you're going to be bumping into the top or bottom of your frame on a lens that has a very small sweet spot, then you either change the lens or you have to stop down. You can probably ride that line of like center or just off center and their eyes. And when you're framed up on a tight up on a face

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