Wollensak 6 1/4" infinity focus
I have a Wollensak 6 1/4" lens on an 8x10 camera and according to what I have read the lens should focus at infinity approx 6 1/4" from the ground glass. I am trying to accurately calculate bellows factor and the infinity focus on this lens is about 5 1/4" from the ground glass. I surmise I should use this distance for base exposure and calculate the bellows factor from there?
Thanks, J
joe murray | nativesonsfilms.com
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Int'l Cinematographers Guild -Director of Photography
Re: Wollensak 6 1/4" infinity focus
Depending on the lens design, your 5 1/4" could be accurate. And, like you said, I'd base my bellows factor on the 5 1/4" base.
Enjoy your shooting.
Mark
Re: Wollensak 6 1/4" infinity focus
When in doubt, just figure your f/stop from scratch. It's just a ratio. But I can't imagine why you'd use that lens to shoot close enough to require bellows extension factoring...
Re: Wollensak 6 1/4" infinity focus
Probably not the case, but it needs to be asked: are you measuring from the center of the lens, where you should be, or from the irrelevant back of the lens?
Re: Wollensak 6 1/4" infinity focus
I'm measuring from the optical center. When doing a foot to toe portrait there is about 7-7.5 inches of bellows ext and that would require about 1 stop of exposure compensation.