Or you could use one of these:
Multifocus Optical Viewfinder | Linhof
(001373, 001378, 001447) It is attached to the Technika for the purpose of conveniently and accurately setting the desired image field.linhof.com
Or you could use one of these:
Multifocus Optical Viewfinder | Linhof
(001373, 001378, 001447) It is attached to the Technika for the purpose of conveniently and accurately setting the desired image field.linhof.com
At only $3.5K this is a gadget every film photographer should have in their pocket.Or you could use one of these:
I should know this, but how do you make these cards?
Basically anything with a hole in it with the proper aspect ration, with anything else that makes you able to set it at the right distance from your dominant eye.
I believe you are overthinking the design of such a primitive focusing aid. As Laurent said cut a hole with the right aspect ratio in a piece of board. Attach a string to the board. Calibrate the string by adjusting the distance between the board and your dominant eye until you see the same scene through the hole an on the ground glass of your camera. Make a mark on the string and repeat the process for each lens you have.
The aspect ratio of LF is shorter than 135 format, complicating things a bit...5:4 vs. 3:2
If you think in terms of the short dimension of the frame, multiples of the frame size give 'same content'...
In terms of portraiture, which has to fit the shoulders of the subject into the short dimension, this a pretty natural way of equating things between the formats.
- 24mm in 135 (1*24mm) is like 90mm in 4x5 (1*90mm)
- 35mm in 135 ((1.46*24mm) is like 130mm in 4x5 (1.46*90mm)
- 48mm in 135 (2*24mm) is like 180mm in 4x5 (2*90mm)
- 150mm in 135 (6.25*24mm) is like 560mm in 4x5 (6.25*90mm)
But since many of us shoot Landscape, equating things is somewhat difficult using the short dimension of the frame.
24mm FL on 135 sees 74 degrees horizontally (long dimension), but it takes 67mm on 4x5 to get same AOV....I see no convenient way to compute FL for same horizontal AOV.
So was getting comfortable with the notion that photography often involves setting up and moving for better composition.
Try this app. It will provide both horizontal and vertical field and angle of views. Note that there are two possible answers of each depending on the type of focusing the lens does. (internal like a DSLR or movement of the whole lens as a large format lens does or a medium format like RB67.)
https://www.pointsinfocus.com/tools/depth-of-field-and-equivalent-lens-calculator/#{%22c%22:[{%22f%22:13,%22av%22:%228%22,%22fl%22:50,%22d%22:3048,%22cm%22:%220%22}],%22m%22:0}
Personally, I’d cut a 4x5 hole in a 3x5 index card and use that.
I've used actual-size cutouts (4x5") in mat board, the Zone VI viewing filter and a hole cut out of a 3x5 index card. My index card was folded in half and kept in a shirt pocket. Pull it out, unfold, view: EZPZ.LOL.
Good luck with that!
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