I'm puzzled by all the ingenuity spent on parallax correction. It seems
easy enough to just aim a bit high, 1-1/2 inches on my Yashica. .
Most parallax correction contraptions are a bit of a makeshift.. Since
the viewing lens is a bit higher it looks over things that might block
the view of the taking lens. The Mamiya folks solve this with a device
that fits between the camera and the tripod, that will jack the taking
lens into the same place as the viewing lens. I have taken advantage of
the bellows of a Mamiya to make 6x6 macro pictures by making pencil
marks on the tripod. This wouldn't work if the camera had parallax control.
David
/
I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish. ~
Lefty Gomez/
----------o-------- Mike Kovacs wrote:
The parallax compensation moves a mask in the viewfinder to approximate the effect of close focusing.
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