P3D Re: New ideas with lasers

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> >Then, whenever I need to focus, I can simply shine the beam at a
> >suitable spot away from the eyes, and when the two "dots" come together in the
> >rangefinder, I'm in focus!
> 
> The "split-image" rangefinder in the Realist will not work with a point
> light source.  It needs a vertical line.  Is the Revere different?

You could actually do this, albeit painfully, by jiggling the camera
angle up and down slightly and watching the laser dot as it crosses
the center line of the range finder.  Not particularly pleasant, but
it should work.

-pd



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