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The real proof, though, is taking photographs...
It has a 40mm 3.5 lens. Put film in it. Set it at 3.5. Set it at infinity. Aim at something very far away. Take a pic. Look at the pic.
Also do this stopped down.
That is the only way to see how it performs in real usage, and the first thing to do before you start adjusting stuff.
It just seems to me that you are fiddling with stuff w/o even having tried the camera first.
It has a 40mm 3.5 lens. Put film in it. Set it at 3.5. Set it at infinity. Aim at something very far away. Take a pic. Look at the pic.
Also do this stopped down.
That is the only way to see how it performs in real usage, and the first thing to do before you start adjusting stuff.
It just seems to me that you are fiddling with stuff w/o even having tried the camera first.
Thanks for your suggestion. Testing on film is the ultimate test, but I guess every camera out from production line will not be film tested. There must be a way to check the infinity without film. I am interested to know how to achieve that.
The camera manufacturer had both full knowledge of where the focus was supposed to be relative to the film rails, and an optical testing rig to check the lens collimation (infinity focus). You don't have either of those things. You can try to make meticulous measurements to understand where the film is supposed to sit relative to the rails, and then attempt to calibrate it using a ground glass at the film plane, but then you'll have to test it on film anyway to be sure. I am not sure what your procedure was using the binocular and piece of paper in the first place, but unless it was very accurately placed, it was likely misleading. If you don't do this extremely carefully, you can make it worse and not better.
2 get a SLR with split image, focus at far objects like moon and ensure the lines are match in split image.
3. Using the SLR to observe the marks on the film in the Rollei 35.
4. Adjust the focus of Rollei 35 until marks are lined up in split image. This should be the correct infinity position exactly for the film in real usage.
Please feel free to comment. Thanks.
How do you know that the SLR is correctly calibrated?
When using the slr to focus on the moon and observe the split image to make the line match, we are already calibrating the focus to infinity, at the focusing screen. It does not have anything to do with the actual infinity point to the film plane of that SLR.
Does that take into account that the mirror is correctly aligned and the lens is correctly collimated?
I've never had to resort to taking test photos to confirm infinity.....at least not yet. The procedure is very simple, and it works every single time.
Put the camera on a tripod or something stable and have the shutter held open on B or T. Place a piece of GG or even Scotch Magic tape across the film rails (make sure you're placing it on the film rails and not on the edges protruding above and below, that's really easy to do).
Then focus on something at least 100' away. If you don't have a loupe, use a 35mm camera lens as a loupe, and get the image as sharp as you can get it. That's infinity. Put a mark on the lens, and make sure it stops there when you focus it to the infinity stop. If it's just a very little bit off, I wouldn't worry about it. It's doubtful you'll be shooting anything far away wide open at infinity.
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