Well, um, NO. Kodak didn't invent it, I read about it in one of their "How
To" guides. Sorry if I gave you that impression. I think it was
Michaelangelo or somebody from that period. Since dad worked for Kodak we
had just about every book they ever published along with all the free film,
processing, b&w paper, and darkroom chemicals a family of 5 could ever use.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Beattie Intenscreen vs. OM 2-X screen
> Woody, the grid's simple enough: four lines divide the focus screen into
> six equal parts (imagine a tic-tac-toe arrangement), with the line
> intersections handy for rule-of-thirds composition. These lines are
> discreet and by tale thinner than those provided by Beattie off the shelf.
>
> By the way, John mentioned to me (when I first made inquiry re his
etching)
> that Kodak (I believe he said) "invented" the rule of thirds--back in the
> 50s or 60s? I was moved to observe that this theory of composition was
> hardly new or in need of recent (re)invention for, as far as I know, it
> dates back to at least the time of Rembrandt, indeed, if not as far back
as
> Leonardo da Vinci!
>
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