Hi,
I've had my tachihara 4x5 for a few month's now and I've mada a few dozen exposures with it. So far I've relied on using f45 and parallel standards for max DOF and sharpness. I'm pretty happy with the results but would like to get closer to those "everything's in perfect focus ansel prints". I've been reading as much as I can on this sites old postings on tilts for focus. I've also been practicing out my office window as hurricane ophelia comes by. Tell me if I'm on track with what I've learned and if there's anything else. Set the camera up and pick two important objects that you'd like in focus (one far and one near). With the standards parallel, focus on the the far object and then the near and get an idea of about how far you need to tilt the front standard to have them both in focus. Tilt the front standard and refocus on the far object. Then see how far out of focus the near object is. If needed, adjust tilt and refocus again. Continue until the two objects are in focus. Stop down to f32 and hope for the best. Is this about right? Does everything in the middle usually fall into focus once you stop down? What if your main element is a tree 1/3 of the way into the scene...don't use any tilt? Thanks for any answers in advance. John
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