styvone
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Hi everyone,
Recently, I became the owner of two beautiful FSU rangefinders: a FED-2 and Kiev-2. Both appear to be in excellent working condition, but I wanted to make sure that the rangefinders were calibrated correctly before shooting anything of importance. So, I shot a few test shots today at varying distances (1m, 2m, 3m, etc.) to check, but I'm having a hard time verifying if what I'm focused on is actually the focus point of the photo. I shot everything with a high enough shutter speed (1/125+) to avoid blur, and left the aperture at 2.8 to get the thinnest DOF. The lens that I used on both was a Jupiter-12 (I have one in each mount).
Could someone with experience calibrating rangefinders chime in? I'm really not sure if they are correctly in focus or not. In each of these photos, I'm focused on the lines I drew on a sheet of paper taped onto a wall.
The photos attached to this post are for the FED-2 + Jupiter-12. Will post the ones for the Kiev-2 in a follow-up comment.
Thanks in advance!
Recently, I became the owner of two beautiful FSU rangefinders: a FED-2 and Kiev-2. Both appear to be in excellent working condition, but I wanted to make sure that the rangefinders were calibrated correctly before shooting anything of importance. So, I shot a few test shots today at varying distances (1m, 2m, 3m, etc.) to check, but I'm having a hard time verifying if what I'm focused on is actually the focus point of the photo. I shot everything with a high enough shutter speed (1/125+) to avoid blur, and left the aperture at 2.8 to get the thinnest DOF. The lens that I used on both was a Jupiter-12 (I have one in each mount).
Could someone with experience calibrating rangefinders chime in? I'm really not sure if they are correctly in focus or not. In each of these photos, I'm focused on the lines I drew on a sheet of paper taped onto a wall.
The photos attached to this post are for the FED-2 + Jupiter-12. Will post the ones for the Kiev-2 in a follow-up comment.
Thanks in advance!