[pure-silver] Re: Rodenstock Depth of Foeld/Scheimpflug Calculator

  • From: Bogdan Karasek <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:23:32 -0400

Hi Jonathan,
In Canada, we went metric about 35 years ago, so I am bilingual, Imperial and Metric? My head is filled with too much stuff already. I have always worked with "what you see is what you get"
When it gets to things like compensating for bellows extension or reciprocity failure for film, I have that and whatever other necessary formulas that I might need on a little credit card size laminated card that I keep in my photo vest pocket. So far it has worked for me. I'm a firm believer in the KISS approach, "keep it simple, stupid" ;) 

Cheers,
Bogdan


mail1 wrote:


Bogdan, the Vade Mecum uses the metric scale. It also assumes you have all
the formulas and the symbols in your head. I prefer the old standby "what
you see is what you get". I use a palm to determine exposure settings using
the BTZS system, and a light meter, and that’s about as close to numbers as
I want to get.
Regards, Jonathan

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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Rodenstock Depth of Foeld/Scheimpflug Calculator

Bogdan, Hi, I have down loaded Photographers Vade Mecum and will up load it
into my Palm. I get back to you later about the results. Jonathan

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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Rodenstock Depth of Foeld/Scheimpflug Calculator

Hi,

I do it the same way, but i was curious as to how these things work.

Cheers,
Bogdan

Jim Brick wrote:
Not recommended. DOF cannot be done by the numbered angles and/or DOF charts. DOF is done by looking at the ground glass with a loupe and tilting/stopping down until what you want in focus, is in focus. This is based on exactly 49 years of doing this - I was taught this at Brooks Institute of Photography in 1959 and it has served me really well since then.
But if you want it as a gadget to occupy some unused space, then I guess it would be good. 

:-)

Jim


On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Bogdan Karasek wrote:


Hi,
I was just checking things out on eBay and came across this in the Large Format section: Rodenstock Depth of Field / Scheimpflug Calculator. 

Has anybody ever used one of these?  Useful???  Recommendations???

Cheers,
Bogdan

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