newt_on_swings
18-Dec-2013, 04:30
I did a good amount of searching but I am still not sure whats the right order that they are supposed to be in. It also seems that my camera has had its glass replaced at some point, as it was loose and badly shimmed with cardboard strips. I have read that my wista is supposed to have a combination fresnel and ground glass screen with a clear glass protector. My back has that combination wista marked fresnel screen, but with a gridded ground glass sheet behind it instead of a clear protector. This ground glass piece isnt marked wista and has 3mm of clearance on both the left and right sides that requires shimming or it floats loose.
Ok so when I got the camera, the concentric circles of the Fresnel pointed toward the lens, the ground glass sheet sat behind it, with the ground glass against the ground glass of the fresnel(back of the fresnel). In this arrangement, the name wista is not displayed properly when looking their the viewing hood.
If you flip the fresnel, with the rings pointing back and the person viewing, and the ground glass toward the lens, the name wista can be read correctly.
Which way should the fresnel go? which way should that other sheet of ground glass face? Right now I have the fresnel pointing back at viewer, and ground glass against the fresnel.
does anyone have a stock wista to compare this against? the information im finding online is all over the place. thanks a bunch!
Ok so when I got the camera, the concentric circles of the Fresnel pointed toward the lens, the ground glass sheet sat behind it, with the ground glass against the ground glass of the fresnel(back of the fresnel). In this arrangement, the name wista is not displayed properly when looking their the viewing hood.
If you flip the fresnel, with the rings pointing back and the person viewing, and the ground glass toward the lens, the name wista can be read correctly.
Which way should the fresnel go? which way should that other sheet of ground glass face? Right now I have the fresnel pointing back at viewer, and ground glass against the fresnel.
does anyone have a stock wista to compare this against? the information im finding online is all over the place. thanks a bunch!