Re:mismatched lenses

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 
>From: P3D  Allan Carrano writes:
>..........................
>Todd Eifert wrote:
>
>>I have been shooting with my second realist for a year now and finally
>>realized (after using RBT mounts) that one image appears a little larger
>>than the other.  ....................
>
>Jon Golden replied:
>
>>Did you mean one image sits "higher or lower" when put in RBT's with the
>>same pin bar setting.   "Larger" would be a result of mismatched zoom
>>lenses perhaps...but a fixed lens in a Realist??.....check that again.
>
>Jon, I believe Todd's description is accurate --- one image is larger than
>the other, enough so, that when the bottom of the frame is perfectly in
>allignment, the allignment at the top is not possible. ............
>
>So, I'm asking the same question Todd asked --- Anyone have a solution?
> Also, how common is this among Realists?  Time for another poll?  
>

There might be two solutions. The most ideal in the long term might be to
replace the lenses with a better matched pair. The other solution is to go
digital. Scan the images, resize the larger image to match the smaller one
and have the results transferred back to film.

Note that if you are using such a camera with the intention of scanning the
results, this resize step is very advisable especially for LCS viewing. The
mismatch will be more noticable in that environment than in it's original
slide form.

Larry Berlin

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