----- Original Message ----- From: "TSHACK" <tsh...@silver-bayou.com>
> That was going to be my question. When you focus a lens using a ground glass, you are just making coincide the -ideally- flat image the lens is projecting with the surface of the ground glass, if you remove the ground glass, your eyes can't see the image, but the image is still there focused "in the air". If you take a loupe and make its base coincide with that image "in the air", in other words, with the "Aerial Image", you will then see the the exact same image your film will see. This is best seen in axis with the lens. If your camera has GG, remove it an install a piece of clear glass, this will allow you to rest the loupe steady, otherwise, you will have to rely on your steady hand. Again, you will probably be surpriced of what you see. Guillermo
