How do I focus this set up ?

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Re: How do I focus this set up ?

Post by Paul Arthur » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:45 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Oh yes, I forgot that.... I wonder which is the lesser of the two evils?

Tim, you must have a formula for working that out?

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Re: How do I focus this set up ?

Post by Patrick Dixon » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

See http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/

You can download "The Ins and Outs of Focus" and "Focusing the View Camera" FOC

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Re: How do I focus this set up ?

Post by timparkin » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Patrick Dixon wrote:But a longer focal length gives less DOF anyway ...
And your hinge line will probably be in a similar place - so similar amounts of tilt... possibly...

Then again - you would get a bigger nab as a bonus - and who doesn't want a bigger nab!

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Re: How do I focus this set up ?

Post by Paul Arthur » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:26 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Well I did say it was possible I was getting it wrong - explains a lot.

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