I've been shooting with my Toyo 4x5 for about a year now and I love it. Unfortun atley, some of us don't have mechanical depth of field calculators built in to o ur view cameras and that's where the frustrations begin.
I purchased Rodenstocks View Camera calculator, it helped some because your focu sing on two points and it then chooses for you your optimal f/stop. I need more info!!!!
So, assuming the cameras level, tilt,swing,shift all set at 0 deg, and you just dropped your Rodenstock calculator in the lake, where would you go from there? Should I give up and set everything to f45.
Rodenstock also claims you should set your focus point to half the distance between to objects, instead of the first third I always assume d was correct. If anyone out there has been through this stage in there photographic journeys and could shed some light, or shall we say-some depth of field on the s ubject,I would truly appreciate it.
Thank you for your time,
Albert
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