Quote Originally Posted by raiven View Post
I can answer that, I think. It is a motto of the old time news reporters. They set there cameras at f8 and were there ready to catch the shots of all kinds of news events. f8 because it was an all purpose setting that would pretty much let them get a picture no matter what with their B&W film that had quite a bit of lattitude.
Yes, that's right but I was wondering if it can be attributed to any particular photo journalist.