[rollei_list] Re: Maxwell screens and Rollei popularity

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:36:29 -0400

Stan Yoder:

> Ruben, you say that you prefer the older screen for judging depth-of-field.
> But with a TLR, the
> aperture of the viewing lens is fixed (no iris) so you can only view the D-o-F
> at what amounts to a
> wide-open taking lens, regardless of the actual aperture chosen for exposure,
> e.g., f/8.
> 
> Or am I missing something?
> 
> Stan Yoder
> Pittsburgh


Hi Stan -

Great to hear from you... I know hat this is probably not what Roben was
referring to but it depends which TLR. The Koni-Omegaflex 135 lens has as
iris on both the viewing and taking lens, so the screen can be used to judge
DOF...


Eric Goldstein

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