Re: 220VR NOTICE! IMPORTANT!

[Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

Fabulous post... I will call you George, so we can discuss this...

I would think the ground glass would always be positioned at the exact same
distance as the film is placed from the lens... so in theory, the film and
the grain side of the gg would be seeing the exact same image?   Thats the
way it works on LF cameras?

Thank you for sharing....  It stops us all from trying to reinvent the
wheel!

Regards
Bill


----- Original Message -----
From: "George S. Pearl" <alps007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 10:43 AM
Subject: 220VR NOTICE! IMPORTANT!


> Dear Bill & all 220VR users....
>     let me share with you something that happened to me with my new 220VR
> camera which sounds very similar to what you guys are yacking about! The
> problem of sharpness from that camera is maybe not your lens at all, but
> YOUR VIEWFINDER! It seems that Werner simply looks through the viewfinder
> and sets it to his own eyesight. So, unless you have the same vision as
> Werner, you will need to adjust your viewfinder screen to be sharp with
your
> own eyes (not Werner's eyes).
>    I wasted lots of film and time shooting and testing LENSES until I
> figured out that it wasn't the lens that was the problem. After my
adjusting
> the viewing screen correctly, it was a whole new ball game! So there!
> My best
> George S. Pearl, BCQDE, BCEP, FEPIC, QPP
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>
>
> 4.  The test images I shot all appear soft on film.  I was a disappointed
> > > with the image quality.  It did not come close to what a MF camera can
> > > produce.  Do other people experience this also?  I was told by a few
> users
> > > that rotational cameras are not that sharp for the obvious reasons.
Mr.
> > > Seitz said a MF lens will never be as sharp on a rotational camera vs.
a
> > > still camera?  I am wondering how much worse the image really gets.
> Does
> > > using smaller slits help?  Any input on this would be helpful...  I
was
> > > planning on big enlargements, and now am doubting the possibility of
> doing
> > > such
>