Try it again on your dog or a low contrast subject without sharply defined edges and see what happens.
Allen Zak On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Stephen Attaway wrote:
Hi all:I took out my beater 'cord V, which has a ground glass topped with a fresnel I made myself from a plastic sheet magnifier. Compared it with my 'cord IV (with the Beattie), using my hyper-scientific 'kitchen focusing test' - with just the incandescent lights, after dark.Result: a draw. Both the Beattie and the ground glass with fresnel were equally easy to focus. With both, the teapot on the counter snapped into focus with reasonable alacrity. But the Beattie was much brighter.-------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:21 PM To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Who uses a T as a 'daily driver'I have Maxwell's Hi-Lux screens (without the rf) in 3 cameras for years and have always found them to snap into focus better than anything else. I won't leave home without them.On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:Hi Stephen - I have a Beattie on my 2.8 C and have used Maxwell screened Rolleis, and the Beattie is the winner hands-down in my eyes. It is about 1.5 stops brighter than any of the Rollei screens and snaps to focus justas well. The Maxwells are brighter but you cannot find focus with themeasily... Eric Goldstein --On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:59 PM, <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Eric:And I've got a nice Beattie screen in my 'cord iv, all shimmed up proper. I'd imagine the Beattie is a stop or so brighter than the T screen.Good to know about the element seperation issue with the T. And nice to know it's recomputed Tessar isn't any sharper than a good old Xenar.Guess I'll put the 16 on kit back in the drawer and keep shooting with the'cord. Thanks for saving me a few hundred bucks! -----Original Message----- From: Eric Goldstein [mailto:egoldste@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 1, 2010 03:19 PM To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Who uses a T as a 'daily driver'Ah... now I see. Full frame, the Xenars on the 'cord IIIs and IVs produce images as fine as the T Tessar... supposedly that T was recalculated to make use of newly available glass but I have no evidence of improved corrections under the enlarger or scanner. I also know several folks who have had element separation issues with the T Tessar, myself included... I find my 'cord III (flocked; the later IVs were baffled) to be an easier camera to handle and the ergonomics really nice. The only advantage to the T is abrighter viewing set up... Eric Goldstein--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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