Posted by jon wells on September 05, 2000 at 23:30:27:
I'm adjusting my Kalart rangefinder for near focus,
which for my 4x5 with 135mm lens is 3.5 feet. This
creates a parallax problem at this distance. According
to the manual, you compensate by lining up the RF
window and lens in a particular manner. While
outlined, the instructions are unclear to me. I'm
looking for some clarification as to exactly what I'm
supposed to do. The instructions are shown in a box at
the bottom of page 8 of the on-line manual at
http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/kalart-manual.html
The three vertical distances are difficult to make out,
but appear to be from left to right 6 3/4", 6", 5 1/8".
A text-only version discusses this issue in the last
three paragraphs of
http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/kalart-adjustment.
html.
Any held is very much appreciated.