GG grid

When I got my LF camera it came with the 10cm grid pattern on the gg. I really have not given it much consideration given the LF learning curve that I have been climbing; it just has not entered my thought patterns. So I am asking does this grid have any aid to achieving focus or is more for composition purposes---how is it meant to be used?

Thanks
Chuck

It can be very helpful with architectural images, so that you can apply the proper amount of movements to create parallel building sides (just one example). You can also consider it a multi-horizon line indicator, which can be useful for landscape imaging. If you are doing portrait imaging, you might find that the grid sort of gets in the way.

After I replaced my standard ground glass with a Dead Link Removed, I was able to set-up my own lines on it. This came to me with a clear finish without grid lines. So using a mechanical pencil, I drew four lines on the glass to show where my Linhof Super Rollex back would crop the image (56mm by 72mm). That leaves me with two useful horizontal, and two useful vertical lines; so aligning building edges or horizon lines is still somewhat simplified over having a bare ground glass.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography

Ground Glass Grid

I much prefer a gridded ground glass. The grid helps for vertical and horizontal leveling. It also helps for determining symmetry and proportionality when composing the scene.

By the way, I just paid a ridiculous amount of money for a Maxwell focusing screen (with a grid). When rotating the back of my camera, I accidentally dropped it onto concrete. Put a slight ding in the Canham aluminum material but otherwise no damage beyond my temperament. The Maxwell screen is truly a big difference in brightness, quite an improvement.