--- [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

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