What is the minimumm focussing distance of most film cameras?

Answer 1

No easy answer to that. For a typical cheap fixed lens camera (and most all digital cameras), about 17"s. For a camera with removable lenses, you can do "macro" work. I even have a lens ring that permits me to turn my standard 50 mil. lens around and put it on backwards. Then I can get all the way down to 3"s.

Answer 2

As a photographer for more than 30 years, using film cameras to photograph people in street scenes (such work requires memorizing minimum focus distance),
I can best answer your question as follows: With the normal or 50mm lenses on most film cameras, minimum focus is usually approximately one foot, if the camera is an SLR, or one that allows you to see through the lens.

But as the lens size changes, such as with a telephoto or longer lens, minimum focus is poor (average= apx 3 feet).
With a wideangle lens...or one shorter than the normal type, minimum is usually slightly less as well.

To determine minimum focus with any lens.....look at the focusing ring on the lens....and focus distances should be given in feet.

You might also like to know that very few lenses produce as high a quality photo when used at minimum focus. If u like to shoot close, inexpensive screw- filters (close-up filters) will improve the quality of pictures and make it very simple to focus at much closer distances.

Answer 3

whit super macro you can take a picture of 3 cm