Hi,
Good day : )!!!
We talk quite a bit about lenses, what is quite fantastic,
but I wondered if you consider the ground glass a lens'
accessory and perhaps your lens' 'best friend' ; )!!!
I took a picture of a relative and his wife the other day.
I had set up the camera before the shot. My camera is a
Horseman 45FA camera. As I was fine-tuning the focus
with them in front of me, my eyes started to hurt quite a bit.
I had a 135mm. lens on the camera and the camera still has
the original Horseman groundglass, (or at least, it reads
Horseman on the ground glass).
I noticed that the ground glass is not that bright. Actually,
All this time before shooting my relatives, it was usually easier and
less strenuous for me to shoot anything, but people. I also
obviously had a bit more time to focus when previously shooting
buildings, landscapes and street sceneries, and not people.
After taking the planned two shots of my relatives, my eyes hurt
more and it really dawned on me that my lens 'best friend' was
perhaps the ground glass and that I should consider getting a
new one.
Some time ago, I spotted this one. They advertise themselves as being
very good. Do you agree, or would you recommend another alternative?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283322418717
Is your lens' 'best friend' the ground glass ; )!!!?? How do you do when
shooting people?
Thank you in advance, kind regards,
Ig
P.S. My friend just got a field camera, a used camera like mine, and his
ground glass is far brighter than mine.
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