SL66 and Cropping in the Viewfinder

[ineffablething]

I notice sometimes that if I use the tilting mechanism with the 150mm lens, that part of the viewfinder is cropped off. Does that mean the image will be cropped too?

 

[jonathanbennett120]

Don't worry about that loss of the image on the ground glass.

In the "In Practical Use" instruction manual that came with my SL66 on page 8 under "Shooting: 3. Focusing:" It says:

"With lenses of very long focal length and when using extreme depth tilt the mirror may cut off a strip near the top of the screen image. The film in every case still records the full picture area."

 

[pyrometol]

Why not just put a film through the camera and find out! pyrometol

 

[ineffablething]

Interesting rationale. Sort of "why not just pull the trigger?" to find out if a gun is loaded.

Why not just put a film through the camera and find out! pyrometol

 

[John Koehrer]

Interesting rationale. Sort of "why not just pull the trigger?" to find out if a gun is loaded.

If you're looking down the barrel and it is. You'll only do it once.