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Could you expand on that method please? Have you measured how many mm of travel your focus rack moves per/1/2 turn?

Is there a way to reach the new Admin? I’ve been waiting to activate my new account for weeks now... Sorry to bother.

As a suggestion you can use an incident light meter as in this video at 4:52.

Great work, Randy!

Levels: For ease of set-up and getting the camera semi-level without having to look at an image on the GG. And I have been in many situations where...

That’s really funny comment about reading first, then ask questions....after re-reading the Ansel Adam’s series of books, at least this question came...

Nice image. Good you can get out in the warm winter this year. Some might find this one interesting. You can get it and photograph to your hearts...

I’ve never really understood the point of bubble levels on photo equipment. You can spend all the money you want on the most precise level, and spend...

Thank you all for the kind words.

That’s a beauty — nice light.

I use one of these with my 4x5. Seems accurate enough. I don't use it as shown but lay it flat on the standard on any edge that shows the best...

Find me a torpedo level that is actually level. Yes, I have a couple of them, truly precision machined. But you can't walk into Cheapo Depot and find...

I use a torpedo level in two axis for large format. Kent in SD

Glad you got the shot, cause not many will be standing for much longer. You still sometimes see old schools like that out in Mormon sagebrush too.

Thank you jerrybro.

Michael, Re-finish the high chair and you will have a family heirloom used by future generations. Keith

The bullseye levels I see on camera store and studio shop leveling devices are a joke. Do y'all know how expensive a true machinist grade one is, or...

...not that I’m trying to discourage Adam from posting the questions here, of course. I’m just suggesting particularly when starting out it is good...

I like this. It sure brings back good memories of my years in the Northern Virginia suburbs and our drives to visit my in-laws in Rappahannock...

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/view-camera-technique_leslie-stroebel/320206/item/24048528/?mkwid=%7cdc&pcrid=448938662877&pkw=&pmt=&slid=&plc=&pgrid=10...

I kind of feel like OP would benefit from something like the Stroebel book, which is quite comprehensive, covers all of the topics he has asked about...