Originally Posted by HDNitehawk
3&5 > 4, 6 and 7
The detail of the A is intricate.
1 is sharper than 2, this could have been operator error.
Yep. I am not sure what happened. When you zoom in at 100%, it looks back focused. But even that isn't 100% sharp. It was shot wide open (f/1.9) which isn't as sharp at f/2.8, but it is pretty good. I did do some tests with Lens Align, but they may have also shown some user error as f/1.9 seemed pretty good, but two shots at f/2.8 were both back focused.
I am very impressed with the Mamiya 645 1000S I bought. It's all very basic, but it does have many features (timer, mirror lockup, multiple exposures, DoF preview, etc). It even has AFMA in terms of these three screws you can adjust that change the height of the focusing screen. But, with film, as f/1.9 seemed on (maybe a hair backfocused) and f/2.8 was clearly backfocused, I am thinking I test it again with Roll #2, then shoot landscapes at narrow apertures for the rest of roll #2, and adjust only if I see conclusive test results....in a couple weeks. And then if I have to adjust the AFMA, I have to figure out which way to turn the three screws. Take more photos...wait a couple more weeks and hope I didn't turn the screws the wrong direction....
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