Rule of thirds room should be in front of the subject with the vertical line running through their perceived center of mass. The rule of thirds was first written down by John Thomas Smith in 1797. In his book "Remarks on Rural Scenery," Smith quotes a 1783 work by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in which Reynolds discusses, in unquantified terms, the balance of dark and light in a painting. John Thomas Smith then continues with an expansion on the idea, naming it the "Rule of thirds": Two distinct, equal lights, should never appear in the same picture : One should be principal, and the
Four Thirds system Thirds cameras came to an end after the introduction of the mirrorless Micro Four Thirds format. Discontinued models include: The Four Thirds lens mount is specified to be a bayonet type with a flange focal distance of 38.67 mm. There are currently around three dozen lenses for the Four Thirds System standard. Before announcing that it would stop production of Four Thirds lenses in early 2017, Olympus produced about 20 lenses for the Four Thirds System under their "Zuiko Digital" brand. They are divided into three grades — Standard, High Grade and Super High Grade. High Grade lenses have faster