Thank you, George! A simple, yet complete explanation for a simple, yet remarkably incomplete boy! ;-) BTW: my focusing rail arrived from China, today. However, we depart for Alberta, for a week, early in the am, tomorrow; so it will be at least a week before I get to play with it! David. > > On Jul 6, 2014, at 10:07 PM, David Young wrote: > >> It's going to be tough, George, as I'm attempting this with a bellows >> mount, 100mm/f4 lens. Changing the focus requires moving the bellows, >> and thus changing the distance. Hmmmm.. >> > > Right. > The bellows will change; > though not the distance of the sensor plane to the subject. > > In other words: > if you focus on what is closest to the sensor > then reduce the bellows draw > the planes further away will come into focus > without the distance from sensor to subject changing. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/