Hi folks
Recently I fitted my Nikkor-W 240mm lens to my 8x10 and raised the lens to see how far I could go before the image became cropped at the corners. The ground glass was in vertical format. To my surprise, the maximum allowable lift seemed to be about 40mm.
I say "surprised" because I'd calculated the maximum lift to be about 7mm, assuming an image circle of 336mm diameter. I don't think I made a mistake in the calculation, but possibly.
That led me to wonder what defines the image circle. Is it the circle of visible image (thus defined by the physical construction of the lens) or is it the circle beyond which image sharpness becomes unacceptable?
Can anyone shed any light, please?
Dario
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