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Craig Janeway
Junior
Posts: 8
From: Las Vegas, NV
Registered: Aug 2011

posted August 28, 2011 10:16 PM

I'm new at this, so... I do have a few still film cameras and I know how to work on them when needed, but I have no idea how to go about verifying accurate focus on the new (used) Super8 cameras I'm currently accumulating (Sankyo ES-44XL; Canon 512XL, AF514XLS, 518SV; Eumig Vinnette 3)

I want to get precise focus between lens and film, and then correct eye-piece to match. So, how does one go about doing this correctly?

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 30, 2011 02:17 PM

Hi Craig,

On the cameras I've used the diopter is usually set by setting the focus to infinity, looking at a distant object and then ajusting the diopter until it is sharpest.

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