Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] focus inaccuracies: my test results
From: Bernard Cousineau <flatbroke@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 09:15:35 -0500
References: <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHMEEKFFAA.danh@selectsa.com>

Edmund's Scientific sells a convenient target that does just this and is
calibrated in line pairs per mm. It's a bit on the expensive side
(compared to a newspaper), but if it would end this thread, it is
definitely worth it...

http://www.edmundoptics.com/IOD/DisplayProduct.cfm?productid=1485

Bernard
> I cheated a bit and taped a page of newsprint just below the 6" mark on the
> ruler (my point of focus) such that the page was parallel to the film plane
> while the ruler was at an angle.  That way I could check both the in-focus
> range along the ruler, the flat surface of the newsprint, and also measure
> from the page to the film plane to determine actual focus distance.
> 
> Like so:
> 
> (ruler)
>   /
>  /---- (page of printed material)
> /
>

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] focus inaccuracies: my test results)
In reply to: Message from "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com> (RE: [Leica] focus inaccuracies: my test results)