Henning Wulff wrote:
I think it should be pointed out that any TLR does have parallax
error. Parallax error means you are looking at your subject from a
different _angle_ than your taking lens. If you are taking a picture
of a flat subject parallel to your film, you can build masking
features into your viewfinder, such as Rollei has done, to give you a
pretty exact idea of what you are getting. This is also common
practice in various direct view camera systems, such as Leicas or
Koni-Omegas. In the end, though, if your subject is three dimensional
and the relationship of foreground and background is critical, such
parallax compensation is not accurate enough, because of the angular
difference.
A Rollei TLR is just as prone to parallax error as any other TLR,
whether Mamiya or Gowlandflex.
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Parallax Error is defined as
"The difference between the image seen through the viewfinder
and the image seen by the taking lens."
If this error is corrected using parallax compensation is it still an error?
Or should I say is parallax in error? A Rollei TLR is prone to this error
as are the other you mention, but only the Rollei has a very accurate means
of compensating for the error, the others do not.
BTW, I own a Rapid Omega as well.
Peter K
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