I did experiment and slightly bend the clip-edge that holds the septum in place down a little. This sorted it, but could be improved on?
Possibly a slither of somehting,1mm thick metal, plastic or even card could be adhered appropriately to the underside of those clips,
resulting in holding the septum in place a tad lower and the edge being at least level with the slide-runner.
perhaps you could resort to the old trick of pulling the dark slide out just far enough to clear the aperture and mark a line on the slide?
You could try to turn the septum by 180° (clockwise or anti-clockwise) so the film-insert-opening of the septum is on the bottom of the film holder. Then the folded edge of the septum is at the holding clamp - the holding clamp will push the septum deeper into the holder and the dark slide is free to move.
1mm offset between ground glass and film plane is a lot. You can somewhat compensate by stopping down if your subject is closer to the camera, but landscape shots at infinity... should give you unsharp pictures at infinity.
You could try to turn the septum by 180° (clockwise or anti-clockwise) so the film-insert-opening of the septum is on the bottom of the film holder. Then the folded edge of the septum is at the holding clamp - the holding clamp will push the septum deeper into the holder and the dark slide is free to move.
1mm offset between ground glass and film plane is a lot. You can somewhat compensate by stopping down if your subject is closer to the camera, but landscape shots at infinity... should give you unsharp pictures at infinity.
Agree. I have a bunch of different holders. For some of them it's better to insert the septum the other way around, than others. One must experiment a bit. Some may fit nice but taking out to develop in darkroom very difficult. Use a "dummy" film sheet (you'll get them!) practising.
I've bought septums from the same source and can recommend.
Now this is ingenious. It solves the problem of septum obstructing insertion of the slide.
And it holds the septum flat, parallel within the holder.
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In conclusion, using the septums back'ards and shifting the ground-glass ~1mm could be the solution for optimal 'focusing' with film + septum.
focus on the ground glass and then move the front standard backwards by 1mm.
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