Originally Posted by
Greg
When using lenses that barely cover a format, you have really no room for error. With a monorail camera, using the on axis centering detents easily get you within a percent of "perfect" alignment and centering.
With a flat bed wooden camera, I've found that aligning and centering the front and back standards usually involves matching 2 dots on either side of the front standard but this is not precise enough and you can easily be a few degrees off center. What I do is center the front standard with the rear as best I can. Focus. Then stop down and look through the front of the lens to the 4 corners of the GG. Hand holding a small multi LED lamp in each of the corners behind the GG and see if you can see the light in each of the GG corners when looking through the front of the lens. Has always worked for me.
Hope that makes sense....
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