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Subject: [OM] Dioptic adjustment
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:10:07 +1200
Hi Ian & folks
> Does anybody know of a quick and simple way to set the dioptic adjustment
> accurately? I've just got back a test film on a 100/2.8 to find that I
> thought I had focused on a target 20ft away but was actually focused closer to
> the 30ft mark <gulp>.

Get a split-image screen. Then it doesn't matter what diopteric adjustment 
you have ( up to a point), as even with your eyes away off focus you can still 
tell if two edges line up.

Brian

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