Film cameras and old cannons have a lot in common. Great care was/is needed to aim and focus/calculate range before firing. Nowadays, anyone can simple press a button and the result is automatic . . .
By the way, if any viewers are named, Will, I was not aiming at you . . .

This improvised tripod assisted photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens using Kodak T-MAX 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.