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“Shearing off a post” to get infinity focus seems extreme. Are you thinking that the camera never focused to infinity before you acquired it?
Cancel question. Saw your other thread... sounds like a run of bad luck. Hope things Improve for you soon!Welcome to the world of old and/or unfamiliar cameras!
“Shearing off a post” to get infinity focus seems extreme. Are you thinking that the camera never focused to infinity before you acquired it?
Are you leaving the dark slide out between shots? I wonder if that would help, keeping it in. Then of course you need to remember to remove it for a shot. Two of the frames look like more than just a double exposure, more of an extended exposure. As if the dark slide was pulled before closing down the lens for framing (assuming view camera type operation) or the shutter lagging before closing.
Play with the shutter to make certain that it closing smoothly, snapping closed. Not sure what the exposure time was on those frames. But sometimes the older leaf shutters simply hang or take their time closing, especially at slower speeds. And this can be erratic.
Ah, the dark slide...Sin scéal Eile (shin-scale-ella) as they say in Ireland...that's another story. I ruined 4 images on the first roll and a couple of the second, because I forgot to remove it before the shots! So, on this last excursion, yesterday, I thought I'd leave it out completely after the first shot. So, you may have a point.
What worked for me was writing a check-list and taping it to the back of my film holder for a few shoots. "Remove the dark slide, idiot" was definitely one of them.
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