AidanAvery
27-Jul-2022, 18:09
I just got a 3x4 RB Auto Graflex. I took a test shot with it in my home - a close up - all seemed fine.
Then today I took it out to take a portrait and I experienced something odd - a subtle "double vision" like effect while looking through the rangefinder. I'll try to be as specific as possible in hopes to find a solution.
When I experience the effect, I was looking down about to take a portrait. My subject was about 7-8 feet away. There was the standard clear image in the rangefinder, and then there was also a fait double of my subject just a cm or so up and a tad to the side, creating a sort of double vision effect. Weirdly, it didn't seem like the entire image was doubled, only what was in my focal range of 7-8 feet.
Later today I tried to recreate the problem at home. Sure enough, focusing on things close up or far away, I don't have this problem. However, when my focal distance is around 7-8 feet, the problem returns. The further I move my focal point away from that distance, the more the problem blurs away (in tandem the lens's blurred rendering when 7-8 feet is out of focus). I took a photo down the viewfinder to try and illustrate the problem, although it was hard to photograph down the Graflex. Attaching the images here. I focused on the banister, and you should be able to see a slight double of the highlight on the top of it. I have circled it in the second image.
Is this a pinhole leak? A problem with the mirror? I've never experienced anything like. I won't be able to develop images from this camera for several weeks since I am traveling right now. But I hope to solve the problem as soon as possible, since I'd like to continue shooting during this trip.
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Then today I took it out to take a portrait and I experienced something odd - a subtle "double vision" like effect while looking through the rangefinder. I'll try to be as specific as possible in hopes to find a solution.
When I experience the effect, I was looking down about to take a portrait. My subject was about 7-8 feet away. There was the standard clear image in the rangefinder, and then there was also a fait double of my subject just a cm or so up and a tad to the side, creating a sort of double vision effect. Weirdly, it didn't seem like the entire image was doubled, only what was in my focal range of 7-8 feet.
Later today I tried to recreate the problem at home. Sure enough, focusing on things close up or far away, I don't have this problem. However, when my focal distance is around 7-8 feet, the problem returns. The further I move my focal point away from that distance, the more the problem blurs away (in tandem the lens's blurred rendering when 7-8 feet is out of focus). I took a photo down the viewfinder to try and illustrate the problem, although it was hard to photograph down the Graflex. Attaching the images here. I focused on the banister, and you should be able to see a slight double of the highlight on the top of it. I have circled it in the second image.
Is this a pinhole leak? A problem with the mirror? I've never experienced anything like. I won't be able to develop images from this camera for several weeks since I am traveling right now. But I hope to solve the problem as soon as possible, since I'd like to continue shooting during this trip.
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