Re: 220VR focus

[Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

George

> Hi Bill,
>    Did you ever get your ground glass adjusted for your own vision? Was it
> off much? Mine was off over 1.5 meters which played havoc with focus
inside
> rooms.
>     Have you found any difference in focus when using a lens and changing
> from one speed to another with the same lens on the camera?


No I have not experienced that one yet?  I would think the speed and the
lens are not related?

Bill G


> My best,
> George Pearl,
> Atlanta Panorama
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Glickman" <bglick@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: 220VR NOTICE! IMPORTANT!
>
>
> > 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
> > > ALPS - Evidence & Photo
> > > 2139 Liddell Drive, NE
> > > Atlanta, GA 30324-4132
> > >
> > > Tel: 404/872-2577
> > > National: 1-800-USE-ALPS
> > > Fax: 404/872-0548
> > > Home: 404/634-1139
> > > Cell: 404/771-9121
> > > ALPS Website: "http://www.ALPSLABS.com"
> > > Atlanta Panorama is a division of ALPS...
> > > "http://www.AtlantaPanorama.com"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> >
>