Hi!
I recently purchased a Graflex kit with a Rollei 150/2.8 in barrel projection lens mounted to it from Catlabs. I'm wondering about the RF, and if there is something wrong. Here is what is happening.
1. I open the camera and set the bed to infinity. The RF also seems to indicate infinity. I slide the front standard to correct focus, using a loupe on the GG, and lock it down.
2. I pick a target 50ft away and focus to that target using the RF. Suddenly, using a loupe I confirm that my image is defocused. So I think, maybe the inf target was too faint, and adjust my calibration at this new distance using the RF and the GG.
3. I pick a target 4ft away and focus using the RF. I then confirm using the GG and find that the target is defocused. Without changing the front standard position from the 50ft calibration, I check infinity, and find that it too is still defocused.
So it seems like I can calibrate the front standard & bed position to be acceptable for one range, but not another. Is this normal for this RF? Is it only good for specific distances? The guy from Catlabs did mention that I need to separately set the bed-stop levers for infinity and close. I was a little confused about this because I thought focus should be uniform from infinity once calibrated...maybe I'm wrong.
Any help you can provide would be appreciated!
I recently purchased a Graflex kit with a Rollei 150/2.8 in barrel projection lens mounted to it from Catlabs. I'm wondering about the RF, and if there is something wrong. Here is what is happening.
1. I open the camera and set the bed to infinity. The RF also seems to indicate infinity. I slide the front standard to correct focus, using a loupe on the GG, and lock it down.
2. I pick a target 50ft away and focus to that target using the RF. Suddenly, using a loupe I confirm that my image is defocused. So I think, maybe the inf target was too faint, and adjust my calibration at this new distance using the RF and the GG.
3. I pick a target 4ft away and focus using the RF. I then confirm using the GG and find that the target is defocused. Without changing the front standard position from the 50ft calibration, I check infinity, and find that it too is still defocused.
So it seems like I can calibrate the front standard & bed position to be acceptable for one range, but not another. Is this normal for this RF? Is it only good for specific distances? The guy from Catlabs did mention that I need to separately set the bed-stop levers for infinity and close. I was a little confused about this because I thought focus should be uniform from infinity once calibrated...maybe I'm wrong.
Any help you can provide would be appreciated!