Re: Horizon 202 focus

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  6 Nov 98 at 16:58, Leong, Ka Tai wrote:

> I have just bought a Horizon 202 and tested 2 rolls of film on it. It seems
> pretty sharp for subjects near infinty, but even those 6 feet away appear
> to be out of focus at f/4.
> 
> Where does Horizon set the focus point? When I tried the Widelux, the focus
> seemed to be better even for near objects at wide open.

Well, according to the manual, you shouldn't expect any object in 
focus closer than 3.9m (@f4.0)....;-))
1.5m is only in focus at f11....
 
> Of course, I may have just bought one with focus set incorrectly. I do not
> think there is any problem with the lens -- the images are sharp, as long
> as the subject is far enough away, or a small aperture is used.
> 
> Is there any way of resetting the focus?

No, not at wider apertures anyway....for smaller apertures you could
fabricate a diopter, but it would have to be very low numerically
(fractional, 1/8 or less), otherwise you would not be able to focus
on infinity.

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Willem-Jan Markerink


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