Noob here -
I've built a small LF kit around an Ebony RW45 and now am working on technique. A friend who has many years' experience in commercial product photography with LF equipment looked at my first few negs. Among his comments he criticized the lack of sharpness. I fully recognize the largest variable is my own inexperience, but I was thinking that it might be a good idea to confirm the camera itself isn't the issue (the RW45 came to me used).
How do you measure the lens-to-film plane and the lens-to-ground glass distances and ensure they are within tolerance?
Or is this obsessive on my part?
First post - thanks in advance for any advice.
Mike
I've built a small LF kit around an Ebony RW45 and now am working on technique. A friend who has many years' experience in commercial product photography with LF equipment looked at my first few negs. Among his comments he criticized the lack of sharpness. I fully recognize the largest variable is my own inexperience, but I was thinking that it might be a good idea to confirm the camera itself isn't the issue (the RW45 came to me used).
How do you measure the lens-to-film plane and the lens-to-ground glass distances and ensure they are within tolerance?
Or is this obsessive on my part?
First post - thanks in advance for any advice.
Mike