I would be very interested in hearing more detail about the "rangefinder and BetterLight back" you used to determine distances. It would be nice to have some small pocket tool to determine accurate distances and then refer to a calibrated distance scale on the rotating lens ring. The Gaoersi comes with a ground glass which gets placed on the back film plane. You have to remove the back film back from the camera first though. The Gaoersi 6x17 functions much like a view camera: set camera on tripod, compose/focus picture with a loupe on a gg(black cloth required), determine exposure, load film remove dark slide and take picture.
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