--- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 1/4/02 11:44:12 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I use an inexpensive loop that normally fits in the eye. By placing it against > the screen, I can get a very nice view of the focus of the image. Since I use > a Pacemaker Crown Graphic, it has flaps on the top and sides that block things > out fairly well, so I don't need a cloth. I would think that pretty much any > cloth would do a reasonable job at letting you see the image. You don't need > anything light-tight, just something that will allow you to compose and focus. > > That said, I am talking about using my 4X5 as a lens camera. I have tried, in > the past, to do focusing with pinhole and have never had success. I finally > marked the bed with where the lens board should be when using specific pinholes > - that seemed to work so much easier than trying to actually focus the > pinhole. > > Cheers - > > george >> > George, I have the same Graphic 4X5 , would you care to share just where you > mark on the rail bed to denote various focal lengths and how or what you use > > to mark ? > > Thanks > [email protected]
I simply measured where the bed should be for each of the three pinholes I use with the camera, then used a drop of whiteout on the base of the bed to indicate how far to draw the lensboard for each one. Cheers - george ===== Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
