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Preset Focus Shooting: Technique in which focus is set at a predetermined setting and the shutter is released when the subject moves into the focus point.

Press Focus Lever: Lever found on the between-lens shutter of many large format cameras. It allows the shutter blades to be held open for lens focusing no matter what shutter speed has been set.

Rack And Pinion Focusing: Mechanical focusing system used on copying or monorail cameras. A pinion engages a rack on a slide. Focusing is achieved by turning a knob or wheel, which moves the lens or image panel.

Rear Focus: Refers to the focused area behind the picture's subject.

Rear Focusing System: System where only the rear lens group moves during focusing. It eliminates changes in the physical length of the lens during focusing.

Racking Focus (Pulling Focus): Shifting the focus from foreground to background, or vice versa.

Preset: A collection of system settings stored in a memory that is virtually instantly recallable, typically at the touch of a button.

Manual Focus: Manual Focus mode allows a user to manual control the lenses and set the distance to the subject. It is mainly designed for users who need to shoot in low light conditions, or use macro or s . . . View Full Definition

Long Focus: A lens in which the focal length is much greater than the diagonal of the film format with which it is used.

Outside Shooting: Shots taken from the perimeter.